Recently, the crystalline molecular functional materials innovation team of the School of Chemistry and the Green Catalysis Research Center published a review paper in the field of gas sensing, entitled “Functional metal–organic frameworks as effective sensors of gases and volatile compounds” on metal organic framework materials （MOF） in the top international journal Chemical Society Reviews. ZZU is the first author Unit. Dr. Li Haiyang from the School of Chemistry and Green Catalysis Research Center and Zhao Shuna, a postdoctoral faculty member, are the co-first authors. ZZU Prof. Zang Shuangquan and Prof. Li Jing from Rutgers University are the co-corresponding authors.