Core-Shell MOFs@MOFs: Diverse Designability and Enhanced Selectivity

Metal-Organic frameworks (MOFs), especially MOF-based composites, performed an irreplaceable role in the material fields. By virtue of the tailorability of MOFs, core-shell MOFs@MOFs composites with diverse designability and enhanced selectivity have inspired infinite scientific interest. This review will highlight an up-to-date overview of the designability and enhanced selectivity of core-shell MOFs@MOFs composites, covering the synthetic strategies of an epitaxial growth method, postsynthetic modification, and one-pot synthesis as well as the synergistic selective performance of the synthesized MOFs@MOFs in catalysis, adsorption and separation, and molecular recognition. Finally, the potential development trend and challenges toward core-shell MOFs@MOFs are addressed.