Different synthetic approaches, design and applications of metal–organic frameworks with selected organic ligands

Ubaidullah Hj Mat Yassin; Malai Haniti Sheikh Abdul Hamid; Zainab Ngaini; Ai Ling Tan

doi:10.46537/scibru.v18i2.107

Ubaidullah Hj Mat Yassin Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Malai Haniti Sheikh Abdul Hamid Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Zainab Ngaini Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Ai Ling Tan Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46537/scibru.v18i2.107

Abstract

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) bearing a number of organic ligands of various functional groups and substituents give rise to MOFs of unique crystal structures and topologies. A number of potential applications have been considered for these materials in a wide array of scientific fields, such as in the adsorption of industrially-relevant gases, as heterogeneous catalysts for various organic reactions, as photoluminescent materials, and as antibacterial agents. This review highlights the utility of select groups of organic ligands in the assembly of main group metals, transition metals, as well as lanthanides and actinides, to generate MOFs of diverse structures in the solid state, with special attention paid on ligands bearing the carboxylate-, pyridyl-, ether-, imine (Schiff base) moieties, as well as mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs).

Author Biographies

Ubaidullah Hj Mat Yassin, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Ubaidullah H. M. Yassin received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Universiti Brunei Darussalam in 2016. He is currently a PhD student of Universiti Brunei Darussalam under supervision of Dr Tan Ai Ling. His primary interests are in the syntheses and applications of Schiff bases and their metal complexes.

Malai Haniti Sheikh Abdul Hamid, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Malai Haniti Sheikh Abdul Hamid has been an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) since 2018. She completed her PhD at the University of Bath in January 2009 under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Williams. She was a visiting scientist for six months at the School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow in 2014. Her research interest lies primarily in the synthesis, characterization and biological studies of sulfur-containing ligands.

Zainab Ngaini, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Zainab Ngaini is a Professor at the Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). She obtained her PhD in 2002 from the University of East Anglia, UK in the field of Organic Chemistry. Her research focuses on the synthesis of organic compounds namely azobenzene, chalcones, coumarins, aspirin, Schiff Bases, thiourea, pyrimidine, pyrazoline and kojic acid derivatives for biological and liquid crystal properties.

Ai Ling Tan, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Ai Ling Tan is a Senior Assistant Professor at Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam in Brunei. She achieved her PhD in Chemistry in 2007 under the supervision of Professor David Garner, at University of Nottingham in UK. Her research interests are focused on coordination chemistry, nanochemistry, nanosciences and nanotechnology.