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Beyond structural motifs: the frontier of actinide-containing metal-organic frameworks

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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 12, Issue 21, Pages 7214-7230

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01827b

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  1. Center for Hierarchical Wasteform Materials (CHWM), an Energy Frontier Research Center - U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences at the University of South Carolina [DE-SC0016574]
  2. NSF CAREER Award [DMR-1553634]
  3. Research Corporation for Science Advancement
  4. Dreyfus Foundation
  5. Hans Fischer Fellowship

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Recent advances in actinide-containing metal-organic frameworks (An-MOFs) primarily focus on their electronic, catalytic, photophysical, and sorption properties, with potential applications in nuclear waste management. Research in this area is currently dominated by thorium- and uranium-containing structures, with limited reports on transuranic frameworks.
In this perspective, we feature recent advances in the field of actinide-containing metal-organic frameworks (An-MOFs) with a main focus on their electronic, catalytic, photophysical, and sorption properties. This discussion deviates from a strictly crystallographic analysis of An-MOFs, reported in several reviews, or synthesis of novel structural motifs, and instead delves into the remarkable potential of An-MOFs for evolving the nuclear waste administration sector. Currently, the An-MOF field is dominated by thorium- and uranium-containing structures, with only a few reports on transuranic frameworks. However, some of the reported properties in the field of An-MOFs foreshadow potential implementation of these materials and are the main focus of this report. Thus, this perspective intends to provide a glimpse into the challenges, triumphs, and future directions of An-MOFs in sectors ranging from the traditional realm of gas sorption and separation to recently emerging areas such as electronics and photophysics.

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