Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Ritu Kudarha, Namdev Dhas, Srinivas Mutalik
Summary: In recent years, the iron-dependent programmed cell death known as ferroptosis has gained attention in the treatment of various diseases, particularly cancer. Iron-based nanoconstructs have been explored for ferroptosis-mediated cancer therapy due to the dependence on iron. This review summarizes the concept of ferroptosis, its role in cancer therapy, mechanisms involved, preparation methods of iron-based MOFs, and toxicity issues associated with these nanoconstructs.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Le Shi, Zhenning Yang, Fanrui Sha, Zhijie Chen
Summary: This article discusses the design, synthesis, and applications of zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks (Zr-MOFs). It highlights the role of reticular chemistry in the rational design and synthesis of functional Zr-MOFs, as well as the structure-property relationship. Various synthetic strategies, such as isoreticular expansion, linker functionalization, node functionalization, and defect engineering, are also featured as toolkits for constructing tailored materials for specific applications.
SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Semanur Saglam, Feride N. Turk, Hasan Arslanoglu
Summary: Dyed wastewater has a serious impact on living organisms and must be treated before being released into the environment. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have been proposed as the most effective method for dye wastewater removal due to their high adsorption capacity and adjustable pore diameter and surface morphology. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of different types of MOFs in dye separation from wastewater and includes the examination of adsorption isotherms, kinetics, and characterization studies. The desorption and reuse of MOFs are also considered.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Guo-Rong Xu, Zi-Han An, Ke Xu, Qian Liu, Rasel Das, He-Li Zhao
Summary: The rapid industrial and agricultural expansion has led to severe heavy metal ion pollution, prompting the urgent need for removal. Advanced materials, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), are being synthesized to overcome challenges in water purification. MOFs show great potential in adsorption due to their highly porous structure and large surface area.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yao Jiang, Peng Tan, Xiao-Qin Liu, Lin-Bing Sun
Summary: Adsorptive separation is crucial in various industries, but the requirements for adsorbents differ during adsorption and desorption processes. To address this challenge, the development of process-oriented smart adsorbents (POSAs) that dynamically adjust pore structures and surface properties is essential for enhancing efficiency in adsorption and desorption simultaneously.
ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hudson A. Bicalho, Felix Saraci, Jose de J. Velazquez-Garcia, Hatem M. Titi, Ashlee J. Howarth
Summary: Y-CU-45, an analogue of Zr-MOF-808, has been successfully synthesized for the first time. Through testing various reaction conditions, it is found that two fluorinated modulators are required for a reproducible synthesis of high quality material. Y-CU-45 exhibits high crystallinity and surface area, shedding light on the potential of rare-earth cluster-based MOFs with open metal sites.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Matthew A. Pearson, Mircea Dinca, Jeremiah A. Johnson
Summary: The study focused on synthesizing polyMOF ligands featuring MOF-forming benzenedicarboxylic acid linkers using common radical polymerization techniques: reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization and free radical polymerization (FRP). It was found that high-dispersity ligands prepared through FRP formed crystalline polyMOFs, while low-dispersity ligands prepared through RAFT required additional H(2)bdc to yield crystalline materials similar to MOF-5 and UiO-66. This work suggests that ligand dispersity is a key factor for polyMOF synthesis and presents new possibilities for developing polymer-MOF hybrids based on radical polymerization.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Ziqi Zhou, Qiaomei Ke, Manni Wu, Ling Zhang, Ke Jiang
Summary: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are efficient carriers for controlled drug delivery due to their large surface area and adjustable pore size. A new approach called Pore Space Partition (PSP) was used to effectively encapsulate and pH-controlled co-delivery of two guest molecules. ZIF-8's pore space was partitioned by encapsulating the large molecule ursolic acid (UA), and the remaining space was filled with the small molecule 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). This approach resulted in a high loading capacity of UA (12.80 wt %) and 5-FU (11.20 wt %) in the 5-FU&UA@ZIF-8. This smart carrier exhibited pH-controlled delivery of UA and surprisingly showed pH-responsive delivery of 5-FU after pore space partition. The co-delivery of 5-FU and UA demonstrated excellent anticancer performance against 4T1 cells.
ACS MATERIALS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Min-Yu Li, Juan Liu, Ran Gao, Duo-Yu Lin, Fei Wang, Jian Zhang
Summary: Zeolitic tetrazolate-imidazolate frameworks (ZTIFs) are a new type of materials that enhance host-guest interactions and balance functionality and stability. Their diverse topological structures and promising applications in various fields make them a subject of growing interest.
MATERIALS TODAY ADVANCES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nikita Gupta, Z. V. P. Murthy
Summary: The study showed that ZIF-67 can enhance the pure water flux of polysulfone membranes, but a high concentration of ZIF-67 in the membrane may lead to a decrease in salt rejection and permeate collection.
MATERIALS TODAY CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shan Dai, Antoine Tissot, Christian Serre
Summary: Studies on the room temperature synthesis of MOFs have been mainly focused on divalent metals based MOFs. The development of room temperature synthesis of more chemically robust MOFs is challenging and lacks exploration. Low temperature green synthesis can enhance properties and applications in catalysis, biomedicine, and sensing.
BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Guiying Xu, Chengyao Zhu, Guo Gao
Summary: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown great potential in various fields due to their diverse composition, tunable structure, and unique physicochemical properties. However, the poor electrical conductivity of pristine MOFs restricts their applications in electrochemistry. This review focuses on the design and synthesis of conductive MOF composites and intrinsically conductive MOFs to overcome this limitation.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Charlotte Koschnick, Maxwell W. Terban, Stefano Canossa, Martin Etter, Robert E. Dinnebier, Bettina V. Lotsch
Summary: Controlled synthesis of phase-pure metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is crucial, but little is known about the role of water in their formation. This study found that water is not only essential for the formation of Zr6O4(OH)4 clusters, but also plays a decisive role in the kinetics of dPCN-224 formation. The multidisciplinary approach used provides valuable insights for assessing and improving the reproducibility of Zr-MOF synthesis protocols, emphasizing the importance of understanding the role of water in Zr-MOF formation.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Mengli Ding, Wenbo Liu, Ruxandra Gref
Summary: This review discusses the applications of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in drug delivery systems, including green synthesis, functional coating, drug encapsulation, and release mechanisms. It also introduces MOFs-based imaging techniques and cancer therapy methods.
ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Brij Mohan, Shixuan Ma, Sandeep Kumar, Yang Yang, Peng Ren
Summary: A new array of ligand 5-(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)pyridin-3-ol-linked silver coordinated metal-organic frameworks (Ag-MOFs) is designed as a promising sensor for rapid detection of Cr2O72-, MnO4-, humic acid (HA), and Fe3+ ions in water. The designed Ag-MOFs show excellent performance in analyte detection with fast, stable, and reusable characteristics, as confirmed by various measurements.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Jinjuan Yang, Hou Wang, Longbo Jiang, Hanbo Yu, Yanlan Zhao, Haoyun Chen, Xingzhong Yuan, Jie Liang, Hui Li, Zhibin Wu
Summary: This paper discusses the enhancement of visible light activity in polymeric carbon nitride (CN) through defect control, summarizing methods for preparing defective CN. The paper also delves into the progress of defective CN in various applications such as water oxidation, hydrogen production, CO2 reduction, etc.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yi Zhou, Tiantian Yao, Yawen Tan, Yongbo Chen, Zhiyue Chen, Jin Zhang
Summary: A novel composite photocatalytic material, DUT-5/Bi2MoO6, was prepared using a two-step hydrothermal method for the first time. The material exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity in degrading tetracycline. It had a new n-n heterojunction structure that reduced the recombination rate of photo-generated electron-hole pairs and provided more active sites. With visible light irradiation, the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of TC was significantly enhanced compared to pure DUT-5 and Bi2MoO6. The composite also demonstrated good stability and recyclability.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yi Chen, Xingzhong Yuan, Longbo Jiang, Yanlan Zhao, Haoyun Chen, Zichen Shangguan, Chencheng Qin, Hou Wang
Summary: PI-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) using metal-free polymeric carbon nitride (CN) as a visible-light-assisted catalyst, achieved enhanced photocatalytic degradation of pollutants. The interfacial electron transfer and effective charge separation in the UCN/PI/Vis system played a crucial role in the photocatalytic process. The system demonstrated excellent performance in the removal of tetracycline (TC), achieving nearly 100% removal within 10 minutes and a kobs of 0.40839 min(-1). Moreover, the UCN/PI/Vis system exhibited good stability, reusability, and broad pH adaptability.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Junying Chen, Chencheng Qin, Yi Mou, Yixin Cao, Haoyun Chen, Xingzhong Yuan, Hou Wang
Summary: Iron-based MOFs with tunable structure and large surface area have been used in heterogeneous Fenton-like reactions for the degradation of new pollutants. This study investigates how the linker substituents of MIL-101 with MTN-typed topology influence the catalytic efficiency. The results show that the substituents affect crystal morphology and the MIL-101-NH2 exhibits significantly faster antibiotics removal compared to MIL-101-H due to the change in active surface.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zichen Shangguan, Xingzhong Yuan, Chencheng Qin, Yanlan Zhao, Haoyun Chen, Xuemei Zheng, Jiaxin Wu, Jiayin Guo, Hou Wang
Summary: The photosensitization of tetracycline (TC) by Cu-containing zeolite (Cu/ZSM5) activation on sodium percarbonate (SPC) under visible light was investigated. The Cu/ZSM5/vis/SPC process achieved complete removal of TC within 40 minutes, while only 58.1% removal was achieved under dark conditions. Carbonate ions (CO32-) induced TC to be excited into triplet states (3TC*) under visible light, synergistically forming carbonate radicals (center dot CO3-) with the help of Cu/ZSM5.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yixin Cao, Xingzhong Yuan, Haoyun Chen, Hou Wang, Yi Chen, Junying Chen, Haoming Huang, Yi Mou, Zichen Shangguan, Xiang Li
Summary: In recent years, the concurrent photocatalysis-persulfate activation (CPPA) has shown great potential for antibiotic removal. This study successfully synthesized Bi2S3 quantum dots decorated MIL-53(Fe) hybrids and used them for antibiotic degradation in the CPPA system. The results demonstrated that the BM-5/PS/vis system achieved a high degradation efficiency for ciprofloxacin and remained effective in various conditions. This work provides a new strategy for improving the physicochemical properties of MIL-53(Fe) and highlights the catalytic role of BM in the CPPA system.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Hui Li, Miao Li, Hou Wang, Mengjiao Tan, Gaoxia Zhang, Zhongliang Huang, Xingzhong Yuan
Summary: This paper reviewed the distribution, migration, and transformation mechanism of nitrogen in sewage sludge during pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion, focusing on its impact on air pollution, ozone layer destruction, and acid rain. The factors affecting nitrogen migration and transformation were summarized, as well as the current control methods for reducing NOX and NOX precursor generation. Challenges in further preventing NOX production and exploring new methods for sewage sludge reclamation were also presented.
FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Qianqian Xie, Xuxu Wang, Wenqian Chen, Chao Lei, Binbin Huang
Summary: Bimetallic sulfides supported onto graphene oxide (O-CoMoS/GO) with a heterojunction architecture were synthesized and applied for the activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) in water remediation. The O-CoMoS/GO catalyst exhibited excellent catalytic degradation performance towards 4-chlorophenol, with a rapid removal rate within 10 minutes. The introduction of graphene oxide facilitated the electron transfer process and the regeneration of the active center, leading to the enhanced catalytic activity of the bimetallic sulfide catalyst.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Zhi Wen, Quanfeng Yang, Binbin Huang, Lu Zhang, Hua Zheng, Yusheng Shen, Yanzheng Yang, Zhiyun Ouyang, Ruonan Li
Summary: This study investigated the effects of landscape structures on invasive pests and their associates. It found that compositional heterogeneity had a positive effect on the pests, while configurational heterogeneity had a negative effect. Forest cover had a lesser effect on the pests compared to configurational heterogeneity, but the opposite effect was observed for the associates. Importantly, the effects of landscape structures were consistent across different spatial scales.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Haoming Huang, Longbo Jiang, Jinjuan Yang, Shaoyu Zhou, Xingzhong Yuan, Jie Liang, Hou Wang, Hui Wang, Yuanqing Bu, Hui Li
Summary: Nanostructured heterogeneous photocatalysts, such as graphitic carbon nitride, have become important in converting solar energy to chemical energy for clean energy and environmental applications. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the synthesis and modification strategies of graphitic carbon nitride. The review also emphasizes the promising direction of designing and applying graphitic carbon nitride based on existing opportunities and challenges.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Fengru Ge, Kunyan Song, Zixiang Yang, Jinmeng Li, Feng Yan, Mengyan Zhang, Binbin Huang, Guiming Fu, Hongli Zheng
Summary: The study found that using leftover dough hydrolysates as carbon resources significantly enhanced the cell growth and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) production of Isochrysis galbana. The addition of different concentrations of sodium nitrate (NaNO3) also affected the DHA yield.
FERMENTATION-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yi Mou, Xiaodong Wu, Chencheng Qin, Junying Chen, Yanlan Zhao, Longbo Jiang, Chen Zhang, Xingzhong Yuan, Edison Huixiang Ang, Hou Wang
Summary: Artificial H2O2 photosynthesis by covalent organic frameworks (COFs) photocatalysts is a promising method for wastewater treatment. This study successfully synthesized three types of azoles-linked COFs and found that the thiazole-linked structure in TZ-COF is more favorable for H2O2 production. The active sites in COFs were found to be located at the benzene ring fragment between the pyrene unit and azole linkage.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qian Guo, Chao Lei, Wenqian Chen, Binbin Huang
Summary: This study presents a photoelectrochemical strategy using semiconducting nanoparticles to overcome challenges in current photochemical technology. By forming numerous nanobipolar electrodes, efficient charge separation is achieved, enabling advanced oxidation processes for water remediation with significantly improved activity and photogeneration quantum efficiency. The strategy also demonstrates a wide application range for removing different refractory organic pollutants with strong tolerance for supporting electrolyte.
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Xuxu Wang, Wenqian Chen, Xiaojia Lei, Chao Lei, Nengwu Zhu, Binbin Huang
Summary: Catalytic acetylene hydrochlorination is crucial for the production of vinyl chloride. Using non-mercury catalysts, such as p-block element-regulated catalysts, has gained industrial relevance. Dopant p-block elements can improve catalyst performance and stability, resulting in superior catalytic activity and efficiency.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Yi Mou, Xingzhong Yuan, Haoyun Chen, Yi Yang, Huan Dai, Jing Bai, Junying Chen, Jia Wei Chew, Hou Wang, Yan Wu
Summary: Rapid industrialization and population growth have led to an unprecedented demand for safe and reliable water supplies. Traditional sewage treatment technology can no longer meet the increasingly strict standards for safe drinking water. Reticular materials have gained interest in water treatment due to their adjustable aperture, and their design and synthesis with water stability are analyzed in this review. The latest research progress of reticular materials in wastewater treatment technologies is also discussed. This review is expected to help with the design and development of reticular materials for successful water treatment.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
