6. Fields of application

The hybrid, crystalline nature of MOFs, their great chemical and structural diversity, and their controlled porosity have aroused great interest in a wide range of applications in fields linked to the environment, energy and health. These applications have been explored at varying degrees of maturity, historically with the study of gas storage and separation properties, followed by a gradual broadening towards catalysis, biomedicine, detection and capture of volatile organic compounds or heat transfer, among others.