Topic: Synthesis and Preparation of Novel Porous Organic Materials

Porous organic materials portray a family of pioneering materials with intricately porous architectures, configurational diversity, and an alterable pore environment. By meticulously designing diverse secondary building blocks and implementing different chemical bonds, a wide array of porous organic materials can be synthesized. The versatility in structures and functionality enables porous organic materials to find a myriad of energy, environmental, and biomedical applications.

Under the guidance of chemical bonding theory, the precise construction of multi-dimensional, multi-level, and multi-scale porous organic materials can be accomplished through the effective adoption of theoretical design in conjunction with experimental approaches. An in-depth study of the thermodynamic and kinetic processes involved in the synthesis and growth of porous organic materials enables the formation of linkages at the atomic scale, precise directional synthesis, preparation, and tailoring of multi-dimensional, porous framework structures. Additionally, it enables the efficient large-scale production of such materials. The novel mechanisms of chemical reactions between synthesis components are systematically analyzed to furnish experimental techniques and fundamental insights for the discovery of new types of porous organic materials. The structure-function interrelationship between the microstructure (atoms, molecules, ions, pore structures, functional groups, etc.) and properties (optical, electrical, magnetic, adsorption, separation, mass transfer, catalytic, etc.) of porous organic materials is disclosed, with a focus on application domains such as gas storage and separation, energy storage and conversion, industrial catalysis, and sensing, enabling effective control of material performance.

The synthesis and preparation of porous organic materials constitute a realm full of challenges and prospects. With continuous breakthroughs and innovations in synthetic techniques, it is believed that this fascinating research field will usher in more significant advancements in materials science and applications.

The following topics will be discussed in this Special Issue:

● Porous organic polymers;

● Hyper-crosslinked polymers;

● Conjugated micropore polymers;

● Porous aromatic frameworks;

● Covalent organic frameworks;

● Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks;

● Crystalline porous organic salts;

● Porous organic cages;

● Porous liquids;

● Novel synthetic methods and strategies;

● Reaction thermodynamics and kinetics;

● Large-scale preparation.

Porous organic materials, synthetic methods and strategies, reaction thermodynamics and kinetics, large-scale preparation, structure-function relationship

30 Apr 2024