scholarly journals Metal-organic frameworks tailor the properties of aluminum nanocrystals

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. eaav5340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Robatjazi ◽  
Daniel Weinberg ◽  
Dayne F. Swearer ◽  
Christian Jacobson ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
...  

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and metal nanoparticles are two classes of materials that have received considerable recent attention, each for controlling chemical reactivities, albeit in very different ways. Here, we report the growth of MOF shell layers surrounding aluminum nanocrystals (Al NCs), an Earth-abundant metal with energetic, plasmonic, and photocatalytic properties. The MOF shell growth proceeds by means of dissolution-and-growth chemistry that uses the intrinsic surface oxide of the NC to obtain the Al3+ ions accommodated into the MOF nodes. Changes in the Al NC plasmon resonance provide an intrinsic optical probe of its dissolution and growth kinetics. This same chemistry enables a highly controlled oxidation of the Al NCs, providing a precise method for reducing NC size in a shape-preserving manner. The MOF shell encapsulation of the Al NCs results in increased efficiencies for plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis, which is observed for the hydrogen-deuterium exchange and reverse water-gas shift reactions.

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 2405-2409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingzheng Zhang ◽  
Bing An ◽  
Yahui Hong ◽  
Yaping Meng ◽  
Xuefu Hu ◽  
...  

Hierarchical structures of porous Cu/Zn@C materials via pyrolysis of Zn–Cu-BTC metal–organic frameworks give stable activity in the reverse water gas shift reaction, thanks to stabilization of the nanoparticles by carbon encapsulation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaojun Xu ◽  
Sarayute Chansai ◽  
Cristina Stere ◽  
Burapat Inceesungvorn ◽  
Alexandre Goguet ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Li ◽  
Miaomiao Zhang ◽  
Ran Li ◽  
Huan Jiang ◽  
Zhongde Liu

Using the as-prepared water-stable and highly luminescent rod-like Tb–BTC metal–organic frameworks as an optical probe, a luminescence turn-off strategy has been developed for the detection of OLA in animal feed and edible animal tissues.


2018 ◽  
Vol 562 ◽  
pp. 28-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ronda-Lloret ◽  
Soledad Rico-Francés ◽  
Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano ◽  
Enrique V. Ramos-Fernandez

ChemInform ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (33) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan C. Thacker ◽  
Zekai Lin ◽  
Teng Zhang ◽  
James C. Gilhula ◽  
Carter W. Abney ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifeng Zhu ◽  
Jian Zheng ◽  
Jingyun Ye ◽  
Yanran Cui ◽  
Katherine Koh ◽  
...  

AbstractMolecular interactions with both oxides and metals are essential for heterogenous catalysis, leading to remarkable synergistic impacts on activity and selectivity. Here, we show that the direct link between the two phases (and not merely being together) is required to selectively hydrogenate CO2 to methanol on catalysts containing Cu and ZrO2. Materials consisting of isolated Cu particles or atomically dispersed Cu–O–Zr sites only catalyze the reverse water-gas shift reaction. In contrast, a metal organic framework structure (UiO-66) with Cu nanoparticles occupying missing-linker defects maximizes the fraction of metallic Cu interfaced to ZrO2 nodes leading to a material with high adsorption capacity for CO2 and high activity and selectivity for low-temperature methanol synthesis.


2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (10) ◽  
pp. 3501-3509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan C. Thacker ◽  
Zekai Lin ◽  
Teng Zhang ◽  
James C. Gilhula ◽  
Carter W. Abney ◽  
...  

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