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Inside Cover: Textile/Metal–Organic‐Framework Composites as Self‐Detoxifying Filters for Chemical‐Warfare Agents (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 23/2015)
Author(s) -
LópezMaya Elena,
Montoro Carmen,
RodríguezAlbelo L. Marleny,
Aznar Cervantes Salvador D.,
LozanoPérez A. Abel,
Cenís José Luis,
Barea Elisa,
Navarro Jorge A. R.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201503576
Subject(s) - metal organic framework , zirconium , chemical warfare agents , human decontamination , lithium (medication) , materials science , textile , chemical warfare , catalysis , metal , chemical engineering , chemistry , composite material , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , waste management , engineering , adsorption , metallurgy , organic chemistry , medicine , biochemical engineering , endocrinology , political science , law
Self‐detoxifying fabrics are prepared by depositing zirconium metal–organic framework (MOF) nanocrystals doped with lithium alkoxides onto silk. As shown by E. Barea, J. A. R. Navarro, and co‐workers in their Communication on page 6790 ff., the doped MOFs have phosphotriesterase catalytic activity for the degradation of PF, PO, and CCl bonds in highly toxic chemical warfare agents (CWAs); combining them with silk gives air‐permeation properties required for protective garments and air‐filtration technologies (graphic design by Dr. A. A. Lozano‐Pérez).