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title = "Nanoconfinement and mass transport in metal-organic frameworks",
abstract = "The ubiquity of metal-organic frameworks in recent scientific literature underscores their highly versatile nature. MOFs have been developed for use in a wide array of applications, including: sensors, catalysis, separations, drug delivery, and electrochemical processes. Often overlooked in the discussion of MOF-based materials is the mass transport of guest molecules within the pores and channels. Given the wide distribution of pore sizes, linker functionalization, and crystal sizes, molecular diffusion within MOFs can be highly dependent on the MOF-guest system. In this review, we discuss the major factors that govern the mass transport of molecules through MOFs at both the intracrystalline and intercrystalline scale; provide an overview of the experimental and computational methods used to measure guest diffusivity within MOFs; and highlight the relevance of mass transfer in the applications of MOFs in electrochemical systems, separations, and heterogeneous catalysis.",
author = "Sharp, {Conor H.} and Bukowski, {Brandon C.} and Hongyu Li and Johnson, {Eric M.} and Stefan Ilic and Morris, {Amanda J.} and Dilip Gersappe and Snurr, {Randall Q.} and Morris, {John R.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army Research Office under grant no. W911NF-20-2-0058. The views and conclusions herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of the ARO, DOE, or the U.S. Government. This publication was written while Conor Sharp held an NRC Research Associateship award at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Stefan Ilic was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under award DE-SC0012445. Eric Johnson was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1551964. Brandon Bukowski and Randall Snurr acknowledge financial support from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (HDTRA1-19-1-0007). Funding Information: Randall Snurr is the John G. Searle Professor and Department Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. His research interests include development of new nanoporous materials for energy and sustainability applications, molecular simulation, machine learning, adsorption separations, diffusion in nanoporous materials, and catalysis. His research has been recognized by a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, the Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and election as a corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences. Funding Information: Amanda Morris is a Professor of Inorganic and Energy Chemistry at Virginia Tech. Her research education conducted at Penn State University (BS), Johns Hopkins University (PhD), and Princeton University (Post- doctoral) focused on addressing critical environmental issues with fundamental science in the areas of water remediation, solar energy harvesting and storage, and carbon dioxide conversion. Her research group{\textquoteright}s current focus is on electrochemical and photochemical investigations of metal–organic frameworks. She has received numerous awards for her research pursuits, including the Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar award, Sloan Fellowship, and NSF Career award. She currently serves as an Associate Editor of Chemical Physics Reviews. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Royal Society of Chemistry.",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1039/d1cs00558h",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "50",
pages = "11530--11558",
journal = "Chemical Society Reviews",
issn = "0306-0012",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "20",
}