TY - JOUR
T1 - Coordinatively unsaturated metal sites-promoted selective adsorption of organic molecules on supported metal-organic framework nanosheets
AU - Zha, Jie
AU - Yin, Xinyang
AU - Baltzegar, Jacob R.
AU - Zhang, Xueyi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/10/8
Y1 - 2019/10/8
N2 - Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of customizable porous material that have shown good performance in separation processes, due to their large surface area and molecular recognition property. Although the effects of chemical structure of MOFs on their separation performance were extensively studied, the exploration of their surface properties was still limited. This work demonstrated a MOF nanosheet with large amount of coordinatively unsaturated metal sites, Cu(BDC) (copper (II) benzenedicarboxylate), where the unsaturated Cu sites were utilized to selectively adsorb organic molecules with Lewis basicity. This work also investigated the direct growth of Cu(BDC) on cellulose substrate, where the MOF nanosheets were immobilized on the cellulose substrate, enabling the composite material for practical applications. The heterogeneous nucleation and growth of MOF nanosheets on cellulose were achieved by tuning the basicity of solution and reaction temperature. We believe this direct growth approach can be applied to other MOF composite materials for separation and purification purposes, as well as other applications involving molecular recognition properties of MOFs, such as sensing, catalysis, and enzyme immobilization.
AB - Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of customizable porous material that have shown good performance in separation processes, due to their large surface area and molecular recognition property. Although the effects of chemical structure of MOFs on their separation performance were extensively studied, the exploration of their surface properties was still limited. This work demonstrated a MOF nanosheet with large amount of coordinatively unsaturated metal sites, Cu(BDC) (copper (II) benzenedicarboxylate), where the unsaturated Cu sites were utilized to selectively adsorb organic molecules with Lewis basicity. This work also investigated the direct growth of Cu(BDC) on cellulose substrate, where the MOF nanosheets were immobilized on the cellulose substrate, enabling the composite material for practical applications. The heterogeneous nucleation and growth of MOF nanosheets on cellulose were achieved by tuning the basicity of solution and reaction temperature. We believe this direct growth approach can be applied to other MOF composite materials for separation and purification purposes, as well as other applications involving molecular recognition properties of MOFs, such as sensing, catalysis, and enzyme immobilization.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01981
DO - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01981
M3 - Article
C2 - 31525936
AN - SCOPUS:85072993281
SN - 0743-7463
VL - 35
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
IS - 40
ER -