Recent advances in the construction of lanthanide–copper heterometallic metal–organic frameworks

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), as one of the most attractively porous types of materials, have been drawing immense interest because of their intriguing architectures and potential applications. Among them, heterometallic metal–organic frameworks (HMOFs) have become a rapidly emerging research area, as they combine the advantages of both MOFs and lanthanide–transition metal (Ln–TM) heterometals, and much effort has been devoted to their syntheses and related applications in the past decade. This highlight focuses on the design and construction of lanthanide–copper (Ln–Cu) HMOFs, including their synthetic strategies, structural features and diverse applications.