“…In addition to the large abundance of Al source, the low cost and less toxic nature of aluminum leads the chemistry of Al based MOFs to be of special interest [ 6 ]. In particular, MIL-100 [ 4 ], MIL-53 [ 2 ] and the isoreticular MOFs of MIL-53, such as DUT-4 [ 1 ], DUT-5 [ 1 ], and NH 2 -MIL-53 [ 3 ], have been investigated for their unique structural properties and potential applications [ 3 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]. Hence, our recent research interests are mainly devoted on the synthesis, properties and application studies of nanoporous aluminum MOFs [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ].…”