Herein, it has been developed a method to prepare metallic foams starting from Zamak5 (ZnAlCu alloy) with different pore sizes. The Zamak5 metallic foam is designed to serve as a support and metallic precursor of ZIF-8. In this way, composite materials MOF-metal can be prepared, these composites have a large number of application in energy exchange...
Hafnium Metal-Organic Frameworks: Formation Routes and Defect Engineering Francesca Catherine Noriko Firth Abstract Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) consist of metal nodes or clusters linked by multidentate organic ligands. By altering the identity of these components, the properties of the MOF can be tuned. Furthermore, combining the versatility of...
The early investigations of Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard J. Feringa into artificial molecular machines (AMMs) were recognized with the 2016 Nobel prize for the development of molecules with controllable movements, allowing them to perform various tasks when provided with energy. The first examples of AMMs mimicked the fun...
Aflatoxins as toxic substances produced by microorganisms widely existed in food crops and detoxification of aflatoxins is highly desired to avoid their leaking into the environment. Herein, a novel combination strategy of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous membrane was used to prepare membrane adsorbent for aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) removal. Fir...
Post-combustion CO2 capture is a promising approach for complementing other strategies to mitigate climate change. Liquid absorption is currently used to capture CO2 from post-combustion flue gases. However, the high energy cost required to regenerate the liquid absorbents is a major drawback for this process. As a result, solid sorbents have been ...
Published in Advanced healthcare materials
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) have applications in numerous fields. However, the development of MOF-based ‘theranostic’ macro-scale devices has not been achieved. Here, we develop heparin-coated biocompatible MOF/ Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) ‘theranostic’ stents, where NH2-MIL-101(Fe) encapsulates and releases rapamycin (an immunosuppressive drug)...
Each chapter in this thesis focuses on open framework systems found to display anomalous properties relating to their unique structures. The systems investigated were chosen for their open framework form, flexibility, and modifiability. These three key factors can allow for the structural control necessary for tunable thermal expansion and phase st...
Using sunlight to produce valuable chemicals has been pointed out as an interesting alternative to deal with the well-known environmental problem related to the use of fossil fuels for energy generation. Thus, it is crucial for this field the development of novel photocatalysts that could drive the uphill reactions with high efficiency while presen...
Using sunlight to produce valuable chemicals has been pointed out as an interesting alternative to deal with the well-known environmental problem related to the use of fossil fuels for energy generation. Thus, it is crucial for this field the development of novel photocatalysts that could drive the uphill reactions with high efficiency while presen...
Published in Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
Coordination polymers (CPs) are a unique class of polymers characterized by a molecular structure consisting of repeating metal centers linked by organic ligands in an infinite array connected through coordination bonding. In the last two decades, research interest in CPs, such as metal organic frameworks (MOFs), has grown rapidly owing to their ex...
