Engineering multi-metal MOFs with customizable properties
Researchers develop a new technique for systematically incorporating multiple rare-earth metals into MOFs, allowing precise tuning of properties like magnetism and optics.
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Researchers develop a new technique for systematically incorporating multiple rare-earth metals into MOFs, allowing precise tuning of properties like magnetism and optics.
Researchers systematically evaluated common techniques for quantifying protein encapsulation in MOFs, finding striking variability and dependence on the method used.
Researchers develop light-responsive metal-organic frameworks that can reversibly adsorb and release salt ions from water when illuminated, showing potential for more sustainable desalination.
New research shows that solution-processed hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks can be used to improve resistive memory technology, offering potential benefits for electronic device performance and sustainability.
Researchers use metal-organic frameworks in coatings for rapid nitric oxide release, killing bacteria on implants and preventing recolonization.
Researchers make a breakthrough in the field of catalysis, harnessing the potential of MOFs to create structurally ordered metal promoters. This groundbreaking study paves the way for more efficient and selective catalysts, revolutionizing various industries from energy to manufacturing.
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) rank among the best materials for catalysis, gas storage and gas storage and processing. So far, more than 20 000 different MOFs have been fabricated and characterized. A crucial issue for designing MOF-based solids is about finding the best comprise between the material's porosity and its mechanical resistance in relation to a specific application. To do that, researchers have developed a modified 3D printer for the controlled deposition of inks, formulated from different MOF powders. This robocasting provides perfect control on the size and morphology of the final solid.
The combination of multiple therapeutic modalities with synergetic effects is a promising approach to enhance antibacterial efficiency and possibly decrease the needed concentration of bactericidal reagents. In new work, scientists report a path to achieve efficient localized bacterial eradication and anti-infective therapy by combining the advantages of 2D graphene and metal organic framework (MOF)-derived carbon nanomaterials. This proposed MOF-derived 2D carbon nanosheets (2D-CNs) can form aggregations spontaneously under NIR irradiation and meanwhile exhibit localized triple bactericidal modalities.