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The potential of MOFs in the field of flame retardancy is promising, with ongoing research expected to yield
more effective and widely applicable flame-retardant materials that can address important safety concerns
across a multitude of industries.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Conceptual design and project supervision: Pan YT
Manuscript draft and revision: Song P, Hou B

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.22005029) and the
Australian Research Council (FT190100188; LP220100278).

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

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