Synthesis of BODIPY@MOFs as Hybrid Materials for Emerging Applications: A Review

This review explores the integration of Boron-Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes within Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), highlighting their combined potential in various applications. MOFs, with their high porosity and structural versatility, provide an ideal platform to enable applications with BODIPYs, which otherwise remain challenging in the solid state. The article discusses different strategies for incorporating BODIPYs into MOFs, including their use as monodentate, bidentate, and tridentate ligands, as well as covalent attachment and non-coordinating encapsulation. The resulting hybrid materials exhibit enhanced properties suitable for applications in the luminescent materials/light harvesting, photodynamic therapy, sensing, and photocatalysis areas. The review emphasizes the importance of synthetic conditions, characterization techniques, and the quantification of BODIPY loading to ensure the integrity and functionality of the MOF structures.