Functional properties of coordination polymers/MOFs

Infinite metal–organic coordination networks have emerged as a prolific sub– discipline in supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering due to their potential applications in molecular adsorption and separation, ion exchange, magnetism, optoelectronics, sensor technology and catalysis. A coordination polymer is formed when a potentially bridging ligand is reacted with a metal ion which has more than one vacant or labile site.Intriguing coordination polymers were synthesised using these ligands and the material properties such as gas adsorption, anion recognition etc. and structural diversities due to ligand conformations and hydrogen bonding backbone of ligands in these coordination polymers have been investigated.

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