Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of ultra-porous materials with exceptionally high accessible surface area and structure modularity due to the framework made of inorganic nodes coordinated by organic bridging ligands.^[12,3]

A number of increasing studies investigate Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for a variety of functional applications including sensing, microelectronics, energy production, drug delivery and microfluidics.^[4] However, MOF-based device fabrication requires synthetic protocols for the controlled growth of the ultra-porous crystals and their integration in suitable platforms.^[4] This presentation will summarize the recent progress on MOF crystal engineering aspects from positioning technologies to alignment strategies. ^{[5,6,7,8, 9,10,11,12]} A particular focus of the presentation will be the current role of ceramics for MOF device fabrication.

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