MIL-53

MIL-53 (MIL ⇒ Matériaux de l′Institut Lavoisier) belongs to the class of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials.

This flexible behavior, during which the pore cross-section changes reversibly, was termed 'breathing effect' and describes the ability of the MIL-53 framework to respond to external stimuli.

[1] Based on the toolbox-like design of metal-organic framework materials, different metal centers or linker molecules can be used for the synthesis of other members of the MIL-53 family.

In mixed-metal MIL-53 materials, two different metals are incorporated into the framework structure at crystallographically equivalent lattice positions.

One benefit of using the mixed-linker concept is that the number of functional groups in the framework can be adjusted by using different linker ratios.