Photoactive Molecules within MOFs
Photochromic molecules have been considered to be applied in responsive functional materials. Recently, the combination of a porous host matrix and these photoactive species has become an emerging field of research.
Abstract
Photochromic molecules have been considered to be applied in responsive functional materials. Recently, the combination of a porous host matrix and these photoactive species has become an emerging field of research. Especially the use of crystalline nanoporous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as host materials has proven to be very promising. The combination of crystallinity and the ability to be systematically functionalized is one of the main advantages of these porous host materials. The resulting switch@MOF hybrid systems exhibit fascinating and even surprising properties ranging from the “simple” possibility of solid-state switching to remote control gas uptake and conductance photoswitching. After a short introduction to photochromism, solvatochromism, and MOFs, this chapter discusses the formation and the developments of these switch@MOF materials and the recent advances in exploitation of the light-induced structural changes.
