In recent years, multicomponent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are being studied for a
wide range of applications, exploiting the potential that comes from their enhanced
complexity and functionality. One of the strategies is the ligand substitution using others with
similar shape and size or using the same backbone structures with different functionalizations
attached to it. Among their different properties, their adsorption behavior could change, as
pore size and distribution and the analyte-MOF interactions can be different. In this work,
different multicomponent MOFs based on zirconium(IV) metal clusters and three different
ligands were synthesized and tested for analytical applications regarding benzophenone
adsorption from an aqueous solution.
