Keywords
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)
Synthetic Control
Post-synthetic modification
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Abstract
Reticular chemistry, mainly represented by MOFs and COFs, has transformed materials chemistry by enabling the design of crystalline frameworks with atomic and molecular precision. Their modular nature, together with the synthetic and post-synthetic control over their structures, makes these materials highly versatile platforms, with directed tuning over their physical and chemical properties. This opinion article provides an overview of how these advances have driven the transition from materials whose structure is merely observed to materials whose function can be designed from their synthesis.
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