Abstract:
Porous materials are one of the most widely studied research areas of the recent
times due to their wide potential in gas storage, separation, catalysis and energy related
applications.[1] Traditionally, porous materials are either organic based materials like
graphene, disordered carbon or inorganic such as zeolites, silica. They possess high
surface area and profound applications in gas storage, purification, catalysis, however
they lack in diversity of building blocks since the main constituents seldom differed from
C, Si, Al or chalcogens.[2] Also, targeted synthetic approach of these porous materials for
specific function is difficult. A functional porous material can be realized when the pore
surface of the material have specific physical or chemical functionality on its pore wall
and accessible surface area. Recently, two important class of materials namely, metalorganic
frameworks (MOFs) or porous coordination polymers (PCPs) and porous organic
polymers (POPs) have received tremendous attention, as they exhibit porosity and high
surface area as shown by the conventional porous materials. In addition, the framework
structure of these materials can be finely tuned/tailor made for a specific function like
molecular sensing, selective gas storage, light harvesting and catalysis.
