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Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture (2023)
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown excellent potential for carbon dioxide capture applications due to their high sorption capacities and selectivities. However, MOFs are typically thermally insulating, and so thermal CO2 regeneration is chall... Read More about Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture.

Green Synthesis of Reticular Materials (2023)
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To help ensure a prosperous future on Earth for coming generations, academia and industry need to transform the way they plan and carry out the synthesis of novel materials to make them more environmentally sustainable. In particular, the field of re... Read More about Green Synthesis of Reticular Materials.

A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator (2023)
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The lithium-air (Li-air) battery offers one of the highest practical specific energy densities of any battery system at >400 W h kgsystem−1. The practical cell is expected to operate in air, which is flowed into the positive porous electrode where it... Read More about A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator.

Rapid synthesis of magnetic microspheres and the development of new macro-micro hierarchically porous magnetic framework composites (2023)
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Magnetic framework composites (MFCs) are a highly interesting group of materials that contain both metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and magnetic materials. Combining the unique benefits of MOFs (tuneable natures, high surface areas) with the advantage... Read More about Rapid synthesis of magnetic microspheres and the development of new macro-micro hierarchically porous magnetic framework composites.

Quid Pro Flow (2023)
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How do you get into flow? We trained in flow chemistry during postdoctoral research and are now applying it in new areas: materials chemistry, crystallization, and supramolecular synthesis. Typically, when researchers think of “flow”, they are consid... Read More about Quid Pro Flow.

Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution over micro and mesoporous cobalt metal-organic frameworks (2022)
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The development of water electrolysis devices is crucial for the sustainable production of green hydrogen fuel. However, the slow kinetics and high overpotential are key shortfalls for hydrogen production during the half-cell hydrogen evolution react... Read More about Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution over micro and mesoporous cobalt metal-organic frameworks.

Size-controlled synthesis of spinel nickel ferrite nanorods by thermal decomposition of a bimetallic Fe/Ni-MOF (2021)
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In this work, size-controlled synthesis of nickel ferrite nanoparticles was achieved by the calcination of a bimetallic (Fe/Ni) metal-organic framework (MOF). The bimetallic MOF (Fe2Ni-MIL-88B) itself was prepared by a two-step route. The first step... Read More about Size-controlled synthesis of spinel nickel ferrite nanorods by thermal decomposition of a bimetallic Fe/Ni-MOF.

Evaluating the purification and activation of metal-organic frameworks from a technical and circular economy perspective (2020)
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly porous materials consisting of metal ions or clusters linked by organic molecules. The high value of MOFs arises from the amount of empty space within their structure (up to 90%) and their tuneable structure... Read More about Evaluating the purification and activation of metal-organic frameworks from a technical and circular economy perspective.

Developing a sustainable route to environmentally relevant metal-organic frameworks: ultra-rapid synthesis of MFM-300(Al) using microwave heating (2019)
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NO2, SO2 and CO2 are major air pollutants causing significant environmental and health problems. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), in particular [Al2(OH)2(C16O8H6)](H2O)6 (trivial names: NOTT-300/MFM-300(Al)), have shown great promise for capturing th... Read More about Developing a sustainable route to environmentally relevant metal-organic frameworks: ultra-rapid synthesis of MFM-300(Al) using microwave heating.

Combining continuous flow oscillatory baffled reactors and microwave heating: Process intensification and accelerated synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (2018)
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We have constructed a continuous flow oscillatory baffled reactor (CF-OBR) equipped with a homogeneous and controllable microwave applicator in an entirely novel design. This affords a new route to chemical production incorporating many of the princi... Read More about Combining continuous flow oscillatory baffled reactors and microwave heating: Process intensification and accelerated synthesis of metal-organic frameworks.

Realising the environmental benefits of metal–organic frameworks: recent advances in microwave synthesis (2018)
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Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a broad class of porous crystalline materials that show great potential for a wide-range of applications in areas such as energy and environmental sustainability. MOFscan show significant advantages in gas selectiv... Read More about Realising the environmental benefits of metal–organic frameworks: recent advances in microwave synthesis.

Metal-organic frameworks in seconds via selective microwave heating (2017)
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© The Royal Society of Chemistry. Synthesis of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials via microwave heating often involves shorter reaction times and offers enhanced control of particle size compared to conventional heating. However, there is little... Read More about Metal-organic frameworks in seconds via selective microwave heating.

Understanding the electromagnetic interaction of metal organic framework reactants in aqueous solution at microwave frequencies (2016)
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Preparation of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) via microwave heating is becoming increasingly popular due to reduced reaction times and enhanced control of MOF particle size. However, there is little understanding about the detailed interaction of th... Read More about Understanding the electromagnetic interaction of metal organic framework reactants in aqueous solution at microwave frequencies.

Network formation mechanisms in conjugated microporous polymers (2014)
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Triazine-based graphitic carbon nitride: a two-dimensional semiconductor (2014)
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Graphitic carbon nitride has been predicted to be structurally analogous to carbon-only graphite, yet with an inherent bandgap. We have grown, for the first time, macroscopically large crystalline thin films of triazine-based, graphitic carbon nitrid... Read More about Triazine-based graphitic carbon nitride: a two-dimensional semiconductor.

Post-synthetic modification of conjugated microporous polymers (2013)
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Control over the surface functionality and microporosity in conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) has been achieved by the post-synthetic modification of amines into amides of with different alkyl chains, one of which was chiral. The surface areas,... Read More about Post-synthetic modification of conjugated microporous polymers.