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ReviewRSC advances2026

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for nonlinear optical properties: design principles, DFT insights, and future directions for photonic applications.

Sehar Nadeem, Muhammad Usman Khan

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Review in RSC advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Sehar NadeemDepartment of Chemistry, University of Okara Okara-56300 Pakistan usman.chemistry@gmail.com usmankhan@uo.edu.pk.
Muhammad Usman KhanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Okara Okara-56300 Pakistan usman.chemistry@gmail.com usmankhan@uo.edu.pk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-8136

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a uniquely versatile platform for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications, combining the large hyperpolarizabilities of organic chromophores with the chemical robustness and structural programmability of crystalline porous materials. Although many reviews have covered various facets of MOF-NLO chemistry, no review has brought together structural design principles, family-to-family quantitative performance comparisons, and DFT-based hyperpolarizability evaluations within a unified critical framework. This review of NLO properties of MOFs is considered through three interconnected facets: the principles of structural design to achieve non-centrosymmetric, high-second and third-order response structures; computational tools based on density functional theory (DFT) to predict and rationalize the electronic and optical properties of MOFs; and the measurement tools such as Z-scan and two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF). The particular focus is on triphenylamine (TPA)-based MOFs, with their multi-branched donor-π-acceptor structure and robust intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) features rendering them the most promising third-order NLO materials. They provide externally tunable third-order responses (

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PMCPMC13352283

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