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Synthesis of Water‐Stable Material‐Organic Frameworks at Room Temperature
Author(s) -
Le Nhat H,
Jackson Karl
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.925.2
Subject(s) - metal organic framework , materials science , nanoporous , linker , nanotechnology , porosity , polymer , porous medium , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , chemistry , adsorption , composite material , computer science , engineering , operating system
Metal‐Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline coordination polymers in which metal cations are connected by organic, electron donating “linker” groups. Their rigid struts allow the materials to maintain its porosity when guest solvents are removed. Thus, we can manipulate this class of nanoporous, supermolecular materials to achieve certain characteristics. This is why MOFs are also called “materials with tunable properties.” The developments of MOF in both scientific and industrial fields have been flourishing in the last decade. Indeed, MOF can be used for many different applications such as sensors, semiconductor, gas storage, drug delivery, oil‐spill cleanup, biometric design, and photo‐catalysis. However, MOF typically requires solvothermal conditions to crystalize, which means that it has to be dissolved and heated at a high temperature. Additionally, MOF are usually unstable due to the hydration‐oxidation of metal sites within the lattice. For those reasons, certain environment and economic constraints should be considered when synthesizing MOFs. Here we present a new, low‐cost, widely relevant, direct, fast, and environmentally friendly method to create MOFs with uncommon properties under traditional circumstances. Our MOFs are synthesized in water at room temperature using salts as linker groups.