EurekAlert June 10, 2020
Unlike traditional porous materials, in theory MOFs structure can be controlled through careful selection of the components of the synthesis process. But in practice, this process is challenged by the restricted synthetic conditions and high thermal and chemical sensitivity of MOFs. Researchers in South Korea introduced stable carbon-carbon bonds by converting existing carbon-hydrogen bonds using elevated temperatures and adding “electrophilic organic halides or carbonyl compounds”, allowing simultaneous introduction of the required functional groups as well as the mesoscopic holes. This technique could potentially improve the safety of workers in enclosed, gas-filled environments such as in the nuclear industry, and provide a more economically viable method of gas storage and purification…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are sponge-like organic-inorganic hybrid materials and have a variety of uses due to their ultra-high ‘porosity,’ or the ratio of pores or air pockets to the solid material… Credit: dgist