Mechanochemical Synthesis of Square-Octahedron Metal-Organic Frameworks
Abstract
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous crystalline materials with potential applications in gas storage, catalysis, and other fields. The conventional synthesis of these materials involves toxic solvents and lengthy, energy-intensive heating processes. Because of this, greener alternatives to access MOFs are of special interest. The mechanochemical approach is one such alternative. Mechanochemistry uses minimal amounts of hazardous solvents and achieves high yields in a fraction of the time. However, the scope of mechanochemical synthetic methods is still limited and the mechanism behind the reactions is poorly understood. This work describes mechanochemical synthesis of a subfamily of MOFs with square-octahedron topology (soc-MOFs) for the first time, which is a family of MOFs with distinctive structures. This allows us to expand the synthetic scope of mechanochemistry for MOFs and paves an avenue for future advanced manufacturing.
Status
Undergraduate
Department
Chemistry & Biochemistry
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Campus
Athens
Faculty Mentor
Gao, Wenyang
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Mechanochemical Synthesis of Square-Octahedron Metal-Organic Frameworks
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous crystalline materials with potential applications in gas storage, catalysis, and other fields. The conventional synthesis of these materials involves toxic solvents and lengthy, energy-intensive heating processes. Because of this, greener alternatives to access MOFs are of special interest. The mechanochemical approach is one such alternative. Mechanochemistry uses minimal amounts of hazardous solvents and achieves high yields in a fraction of the time. However, the scope of mechanochemical synthetic methods is still limited and the mechanism behind the reactions is poorly understood. This work describes mechanochemical synthesis of a subfamily of MOFs with square-octahedron topology (soc-MOFs) for the first time, which is a family of MOFs with distinctive structures. This allows us to expand the synthetic scope of mechanochemistry for MOFs and paves an avenue for future advanced manufacturing.