Due to the increasing environmental pollution caused by human activities, environmental remediation has become an important subject for humans and environmental safety. The quest for beneficial pathways to remove organic and inorganic contaminants has been the theme of considerable investigations in the past decade. The easy and quick separation made magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) a popular method for the removal of different pollutants from the environment. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous materials best known for their ultrahigh porosity. Moreover, these materials can be easily modified with useful ligands and form various composites with varying characteristics, thus rendering them an ideal candidate as adsorbing agents for MSPE. Herein, research on MSPE, encompassing MOFs as sorbents and Fe3O4 as a magnetic component, is surveyed for environmental applications. Initially, assorted pollutants and their threats to human and environmental safety are introduced with a brief introduction to MOFs and MSPE. Subsequently, the deployment of magnetic MOFs (MMOFs) as sorbents for the removal of various organic and inorganic pollutants from the environment is deliberated, encompassing the outlooks and perspectives of this field.

Departamento de Química Orgánica Universidad de Córdoba Campus de Rabanales Edificio Marie Curie Ctra Nnal 4 A Km 396 14014 Cordoba Spain

Department of Bionano Engineering Hanyang University 15588 Ansan Republic of Korea

Department of Chemical Engineering Quchan University of Technology 9477177870 Quchan Iran

Department of Materials Science and Engineering Research Institute of Advanced Materials Seoul National University 08826 Seoul Republic of Korea

Organic and Nano Group 16846 13114 Tehran Iran

Peoples Friendship University of Russia 6 Miklukho Maklaya St 117198 Moscow Russia

Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute Palacky University Šlechtitelů 27 783 71 Olomouc Czech Republic

School of Resources and Environment University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Xiyuan Ave 611731 Chengdu PR China

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