New synthetic strategies toward covalent organic frameworks

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) enable precise reticulation of organic building units into extended 2D and 3D open networks using strong covalent bonds to constitute predesignable topologies and tunable pore structures, presenting an emerging class of crystalline porous polymers. Although rapid progress and substantial achievements in COF chemistry over the past 15 years have been realised, highly efficient strategies and reproducible procedures still play a central role in achieving high-quality COFs and serve as a major driving force for the further advancement of this promising field. In this review, we focused on the key progress in synthesising high-quality COF crystallites and films by highlighting…

• NU
  National University of Singapore

  Award: R-143-000-A28-133
• MO
  Ministry of Education - Singapore

  Award: R-143-000-A71-114
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 51973153
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City

  Award: 17JCJQJC44600
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Award: 2017YFA0207500