Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) beyond crystallinity: amorphous MOFs, MOF liquids and MOF glasses

2021/01/01 by Javier Fonseca, Tenghua Gong, Li Jiao +1 · 2 citations
Chemistry · Materials Science · #Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications #X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography #Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds

paper · doi:10.1039/d1ta01043c

openalex publication_date 2021/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/26

Abstract

The field of MOFs has been incorrectly believed to be purely crystalline. Herein, non-crystalline MOFs (amorphous MOFs, MOF liquids, and MOF glasses) are reviewed. Future research directions are also discussed.

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