The investigation
and understanding of the underlying mechanisms
for the crystallization of molecular sieve materials, such as metal–organic
frameworks (MOFs) and zeolites, have received increasing interest
in recent years. This is mainly because improvements of the corresponding
equipment were made that are essential for in situ diagnostics. In
contrast to classical techniques, such as X-ray diffraction and neutron
scattering, nuclear magnetic resonance, or infrared and Raman spectroscopy,
ultrasonic monitoring has not received proper attention. Thereby,
especially for zeolites, important insights have been gained with
this technique already. However, for MOFs, the number of publications
dealing with in situ US monitoring is still limited. Therefore, this
perspective gives an overview of the topic of in situ monitoring of
crystallization of zeolites and MOFs and highlights the work that
has been done so far by ultrasonic monitoring. Furthermore, we state
benefits and current challenges for further establishing ultrasonic
monitoring as a tool for the investigation of crystallization processes.