Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of January 2019!

You can access these publications for free till 31 March 2019 by logging into your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account (http://pubs.rsc.org).

Metal chelate induced in situ wrapping of Ni3S2 nanoparticles into N, S-codoped carbon networks for highly efficient sodium storage
Jiabao Li, Jinliang Li, Taiqiang Chen, Ting Lu, Wenjie Mai and Likun Pan
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01326H

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers strives to promote multi-disciplinary inorganic chemistry research at the interfaces of other areas, including research on metal-organic frameworks.

We are delighted to share with you a collection of articles from Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers to showcase the role of inorganic chemistry in the field of metal-organic frameworks.

You can read these articles for free till the end of February.

 Research articles

A ligand conformation preorganization approach to construct a copper–hexacarboxylate framework with a novel topology for selective gas adsorption
Yao Wang, Minghui He, Xiaoxia Gao, Xia Wang, Guohai Xu, Zhengyi Zhang and Yabing He
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01225C

Metal–organic framework-derived shuttle-like V₂O₃/C for electrocatalytic N₂ reduction under ambient conditions
Rong Zhang, Jingrui Han, Baozhan Zheng, Xifeng Shi, Abdullah M. Asiri and Xuping Sun
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01145A

Two NbO-type MOFs based on linear and zigzag diisophthalate ligands: exploring the effect of ligand-originated MOF isomerization on gas adsorption properties
Yao Wang, Minghui He, Xiaoxia Gao, Yingying Zhang, Haoyan Zhong, Piao Long, Xia Wang and Yabing He
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2811-2817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00946E

Facile synthesis of Co₃O₄ nanosheets from MOF nanoplates for high performance anodes of lithium-ion batteries
Ang Li, Ming Zhong, Wei Shuang, Chaopeng Wang, Jian Liu, Ze Chang and Xian-He Bu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1602-1608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00196K

S,N-Containing Co-MOF derived Co₉S₈@S,N-doped carbon materials as efficient oxygen electrocatalysts and supercapacitor electrode materials
Shengwen Liu, Mingyu Tong, Guoqiang Liu, Xian Zhang, Zhaoming Wang, Guozhong Wang, Weiping Cai, Haimin Zhang and Huijun Zhao
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 491-498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00403B

Construction of 3D homochiral metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) of Cd(II): selective CO₂ adsorption and catalytic properties for the Knoevenagel and Henry reaction
Bharat Ugale, Sandeep Singh Dhankhar and C. M. Nagaraja
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 348-359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00506C

A metal–organic framework as a “turn on” fluorescent sensor for aluminum ions
Mei-Hui Yu, Tong-Liang Hu and Xian-He Bu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 256-260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00362A

A comparative study of the effect of functional groups on C₂H₂ adsorption in NbO-type metal–organic frameworks
Fengli Chen, Dongjie Bai, Xia Wang and Yabing He
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 960-967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00063D

Synthesis of Fe/M (M = Mn, Co, Ni) bimetallic metal organic frameworks and their catalytic activity for phenol degradation under mild conditions
Qiao Sun, Min Liu, Keyan Li, Yitong Han, Yi Zuo, Fanfan Chai, Chunshan Song, Guoliang Zhang and Xinwen Guo
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 144-153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00441E

Evolution from linear tetranuclear clusters into one-dimensional chains of Dy(III) single-molecule magnets with an enhanced energy barrier
Rui-Ping Li, Qing-Yan Liu, Yu-Ling Wang, Cai-Ming Liu and Sui-Jun Liu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1149-1156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00178A

Size effect of the active sites in UiO-66-supported nickel catalysts synthesized via atomic layer deposition for ethylene hydrogenation
Zhanyong Li, Aaron W. Peters, Jian Liu, Xuan Zhang, Neil M. Schweitzer, Joseph T. Hupp and Omar K. Farha
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 820-824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00056A

Fine-tuning the magnetocaloric effect and SMMs behaviors of coplanar RE₄ complexes by β-diketonate coligands
Hong-Ling Gao, Ni-Ni Wang, Wen-Min Wang, Hai-Yun Shen, Xiao-Pu Zhou, Yi-Xin Chang, Ru-Xia Zhang and Jian-Zhong Cui
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 860-870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00034K

 Review articles

New synthetic strategies to prepare metal–organic frameworks
Peng Li, Fang-Fang Cheng, Wei-Wei Xiong and Qichun Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2693-2708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00543E

Luminescent metal–organic frameworks as chemical sensors: common pitfalls and proposed best practices
Stavros A. Diamantis, Antigoni Margariti, Anastasia D. Pournara, Giannis S. Papaefstathiou, Manolis J. Manos and Theodore Lazarides
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1493-1511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00090E

Metal–organic framework nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging
Michael Peller, Konstantin Böll, Andreas Zimpel and Stefan Wuttke
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1760-1779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00149A

Homochiral metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts
Andreea Gheorghe, Martijn A. Tepaske and Stefania Tanase
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1512-1523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00063H

Review of computer simulations on anti-cancer drug delivery in MOFs
Marianna Kotzabasaki and George E. Froudakis
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1255-1272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00645D

Electronic metal–organic framework sensors
Arunraj Chidambaram and Kyriakos C. Stylianou
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 979-998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00815E

Liquid-free single-crystal to single-crystal transformations in coordination polymers
Wen-Wen He, Shun-Li Li and Ya-Qian Lan
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 279-300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00724H

Coordination frameworks containing compounds as catalysts
Girijesh Kumar and Samar K. Das
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 202-233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00358C

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, The effect of the embedded o-carborane ligand on the photophysical properties of a cyclometalated Pt(II) complex: a theoretical investigation, is contributed by Yu Zhang, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Yu Wang, Hui Li, Fu-Quan Bai and Hong-Xing Zhang.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

Electronic metal–organic framework sensors
Arunraj Chidambaram and Kyriakos C. Stylianou
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 979-998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00815E

Transition metal oxides for aqueous sodium-ion electrochemical energy storage
Shelby Boyd and Veronica Augustyn
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 999-1015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00148K

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, A strategically designed porous magnetic N-doped Fe/Fe₃C@C matrix and its highly efficient uranium(VI) remediation is contributed by Xiangke Wang and his co-authors.

The inside cover this month features an article on Manganese protoporphyrin IX reconstituted myoglobin capable of epoxidation of the C[double bond, length as m-dash]C bond with Oxone® by Yuan-Bo Cai, Si-Yu Yao, Mo Hu, Xiaoyun Liu and Jun-Long Zhang.

Following review article is also included in the current issue:

The construction, structures, and functions of pillared layer metal–organic frameworks
Xiao-Li Luo, Zheng Yin, Ming-Hua Zeng and Mohamedally Kurmoo
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1208-1226
DOI: 10.1039/C6QI00181E