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ClearSynthesis, characterization, and activation of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for the removal of emerging organic contaminants through the adsorption-oriented process: A review
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced materials, for removing emerging contaminants from water, including microplastics, dyes, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals. MOFs have extremely high surface areas and can be chemically tuned to target specific pollutants, making them promising for next-generation water treatment. The technology could help reduce human exposure to microplastics and other harmful substances in drinking water.
Efficiency ofMOFs in Water Treatment Against the Emerging Water Contaminants Such as Endocrine Disruptors, Pharmaceuticals, Microplastics, Pesticides, and Other Contaminants
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can remove a broad range of emerging water contaminants — including microplastics, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors — from water. MOFs outperform conventional treatment methods because of their large surface area, tunable pore structure, and ability to work through both adsorption and photocatalysis. The paper highlights MOFs as a promising next-generation water treatment technology that could meaningfully reduce human and environmental exposure to microplastics and co-occurring pollutants.
The Application of Metal–Organic Frameworks in Water Treatment and Their Large-Scale Preparation: A Review
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), highly porous materials being developed for water treatment that can remove pollutants including microplastics through filtration and catalytic breakdown. MOFs have exceptional surface area and can be tailored to target specific contaminants, making them promising for advanced water purification. The challenge remains scaling up MOF production for real-world water treatment use, which could help reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.
Recent Developments in Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Water Purification: A Mini Review
This mini-review examines recent advances in using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for water purification, covering applications targeting heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, dyes, and radionuclides. The authors highlight the versatile adsorption and degradation properties of MOFs and identify current limitations including stability and scalability that need to be addressed for practical water treatment deployment.
A review on metal organic frameworks (MOFs) modified membrane for remediation of water pollution
This review covers how metal-organic framework (MOF) materials can be incorporated into membranes to improve filtration of pollutants from contaminated water. The technology shows promise for removing microplastics and chemical contaminants, though most applications remain at laboratory scale.
Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Adsorption and Degradation of Microplastics
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of porous materials, as a promising technology for capturing and breaking down microplastics in water. MOFs offer advantages over traditional filtration because they can be designed to target specific plastic types and sizes. While still mostly tested in laboratories, MOF-based approaches could help close the gap in water treatment where conventional methods fail to remove the smallest and most harmful microplastic particles.
Metal-organic framework membrane for waterborne micro/nanoplastics treatment
Researchers reviewed the potential of metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes — materials with highly tunable pore structures — to filter micro- and nanoplastics from water more effectively than conventional filtration. MOF membranes showed promise due to their adjustable surface chemistry and resistance to biological fouling, though challenges like particle clumping and structural stability still need to be resolved.
Microplastics removal from aqueous environment by metal organic frameworks
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced porous materials, can remove 70-99.9% of microplastics from water in laboratory settings. MOFs can be customized with specific pore sizes and chemical properties to target different types of microplastics. While challenges remain with cost and scaling up, this technology shows promise for developing more effective water treatment systems to reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.
Recent Advances in Metal–Organic Framework (MOF)-Based Composites for Organic Effluent Remediation
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks, a class of highly porous engineered materials, are being developed to clean up organic pollutants from industrial wastewater. Researchers found these materials show strong potential for treating contamination from chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, and agricultural sources due to their high surface area and customizable surface chemistry.
Metal–organic framework applications for microplastic remediation: exploring pathways and future potential
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (specialized porous materials) can be used to capture and remove microplastics from water. Microplastics are emerging contaminants that threaten aquatic ecosystems and human health. The paper explores different remediation pathways and the future potential of these advanced materials for cleaning up microplastic pollution.
Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Elimination of Microplastics from Water: A Review of Advances and Mechanisms.
**TLDR:** This review summarizes research on using special materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to remove tiny plastic particles from water that can harm human health. Scientists have found these materials can effectively capture and break down microplastics in lab studies, but they still need to overcome challenges like high costs and making the process work in real-world water treatment systems. This research is important because microplastics are everywhere in our water supply and pose health risks to humans.
Linker functionalised phosphinate metal-organic frameworks: Adsorbents for the removal of emerging pollutants
Researchers developed new phosphinate-based metal-organic frameworks as adsorbents to remove emerging contaminants from water. These materials showed improved stability in aqueous environments compared to conventional metal-organic frameworks, making them more practical for water treatment applications.
Advances in metal-organic frameworks for microplastic removal from aquatic environments: Mechanisms and performance insights
Researchers reviewed over 65 studies on using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — highly porous, sponge-like materials — to remove microplastics from water, finding some MOFs achieved up to 98% removal efficiency and could be reused six times, making them a promising filtration technology for microplastic pollution.
An Advanced Approach of MOF-Mediated Microplastic Degradation After Confiscating Microplastics by MOFs
This review proposed using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as an advanced approach for capturing and degrading microplastics in aquatic environments, discussing MOF characteristics tailored for adsorption and the mechanisms underlying capture and degradation. The paper highlighted MOF interaction sites, photocatalytic degradation pathways, and challenges for scaling these approaches.
Metal Organic Framework Based Membranes for Efficient Wastewater Purification: Syntheses and Applications: A Review
This review synthesizes research on metal-organic framework (MOF) based membranes for wastewater treatment, examining the synthesis methods, tunable pore geometries, and applications of MOF membranes in removing contaminants including heavy metals, dyes, and pharmaceuticals from water.
A Critical Review on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Composites as Advanced Materials for Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Emerging Organic Pollutants from Wastewater
This review evaluates the use of metal-organic frameworks and their composites for removing emerging organic pollutants from wastewater through adsorption and photocatalytic degradation. Researchers found that these advanced materials show high efficiency in capturing and breaking down endocrine-disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other persistent contaminants. The study highlights the promise of metal-organic frameworks as a next-generation remediation technology for addressing water pollution.
Removing micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) from water via novel composite adsorbents: A review
Researchers reviewed advances in composite materials — including carbon-based, magnetic, and metal-organic framework (MOF) materials — designed to adsorb and remove micro- and nanoplastics from water, finding that each type offers performance advantages over traditional adsorbents but also faces challenges around cost, scalability, and environmental safety. The review calls for future materials that are stable, sustainable, and practical for large-scale water treatment.
Metal-organic frameworks and plastic: an emerging synergic partnership
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of crystalline nanoporous materials, can be used to address plastic pollution in water. Researchers found that MOFs show promise as adsorbents for removing micro- and nanoplastic particles, especially when integrated into composite materials or membranes, achieving high removal efficiency and water flow rates. The study also highlights an emerging trend of producing MOFs from plastic waste like PET as a sustainable source of raw materials.
Current Trend of MOFs Incorporated Membranes for Advanced Wastewater Treatment
This review covers the use of metal-organic framework (MOF) nanoparticles incorporated into membrane filters to improve wastewater treatment performance, including better rejection of persistent pollutants. Advanced membrane technologies incorporating nanomaterials also show potential for removing microplastics from water, making this treatment research broadly relevant.
Metal–organic framework-based foams for efficient microplastics removal
Scientists developed foam materials made from zirconium metal-organic frameworks that can efficiently capture microplastics from water, offering a promising filtration approach for water treatment applications. The porous foam structure provides high surface area for trapping plastic particles.