محمد یاسر معصومی

Despite the prominent features of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) such as high surface area, high porosity, abundance of metal nodes in the framework, and functionalized linkers, the potential use of metal centers in a variety of applications of these compounds is limited because of their binding to linkers or solvent molecules [1]. Therefore, the creation of defects and the formation of defective MOFs in which unsaturated metal centers are present is more suitable for a wide range of applications based on metal centers. Quasi-MOFs, as a new class of MOFs with large-scale structural defects with high concentrations of unsaturated metal centers, have recently received attention due to the ease of synthesis and increased efficiency in the main applications of MOFs in order to compensate for their disadvantages [2]. However, high concentration of defects can lead to form the large-scale defects via aggregation of point defects which may produce meso or even macropores in the framework.