A generic and facile strategy to fabricate metal–organic framework films on TiO 2 substrates for photocatalysis

functionality via postsynthetic ligand exchange, the resultant MOF films serve as a robust and efficient catalyst for photo-oxidation of thioanisole. Importantly, our deposition technique avoids the direct contact between solid MOF catalysts and magnetic stirring, thus overcoming the problem that the vast majority of MOF powder catalysts are subject to defragmentation or decomposition under the physical treatment methods.