Metal-organic frameworks for radionuclide adsorption

With more and more radionuclides were used, radionuclide wastes could also cause a threat to the environment and human health. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a new material have widely used in gas storage, catalysis, sensing, nonlinear optics, separation and biomedical research because of their large surface area, high adsorption affinity, diverse structures and pore topologies, accessible functionalization of tunnels. MOFs for radionuclides adsorption began to interest radiochemistry and environmental scientists. In this review, recent advances in MOFs for radionuclides adsorption are highlighted, including synthetic methods and properties of MOFs, and the application of adsorption and separation for iodine, xenon, uranium and palladium. Furthermore, the research trends and future prospects are briefly discussed.