Synthesis of nanocrystals of Zr-based metal-organic frameworks with csq-net: significant enhancement in the degradation of a nerve agent simulant

Peng Li; Rachel C Klet; Su-Young Moon; Timothy C Wang; Pravas Deria; Aaron W Peters; Benjamin M Klahr; Hea-Jung Park; Salih S Al-Juaid; Joseph T Hupp; Omar K Farha

doi:10.1039/c5cc03398e

Synthesis of nanocrystals of Zr-based metal-organic frameworks with csq-net: significant enhancement in the degradation of a nerve agent simulant

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jul 11;51(54):10925-8. doi: 10.1039/c5cc03398e.

Authors

Peng Li¹, Rachel C Klet, Su-Young Moon, Timothy C Wang, Pravas Deria, Aaron W Peters, Benjamin M Klahr, Hea-Jung Park, Salih S Al-Juaid, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA. o-farha@northwestern.edu j-hupp@northwestern.edu.

PMID: 26063329
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc03398e

Abstract

The synthesis of nano-sized particles of NU-1000 (length from 75 nm to 1200 nm) and PCN-222/MOF-545 (length from 350 nm to 900 nm) is reported. The catalytic hydrolysis of methyl paraoxon was investigated as a function of NU-1000 crystallite size and a significant enhancement in the rate was observed for the nano-sized crystals compared to microcrystals.