US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Metal-Organic Frameworks for Nanocatalysis and Removal of Mercury-Containing Compounds from Wastewater and Gas Condensates

美国-埃及合作研究：用于纳米催化和去除废水和凝析油中含汞化合物的金属有机框架

• 批准号: 1002970
• 负责人: Mohamed Samy El-Shall
• 金额: $ 4.32万
• 依托单位: Virginia Commonwealth University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1002970&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Egypt; Cooperative; Research; Metal

1002970 El-ShallThis project supports collaborative research by Dr. M. Samy El-Shall, Department of Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University, Tallahassee and Dr. Samy Faramawy, the Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI) in Cairo, Egypt. They plan to study ?Metal-Organic Frameworks for Nanocatalysis and Removal of Mercury-Containing Compounds from Wastewater and Gas Condensates?. Intellectual Merit: The proposed research is based on the potential promise by metal organic frameworks (MOFs) to provide answers to some challenging problems. MOFs, hybrid organic-inorganic materials, are new emerging class of porous solid state materials where desired functionality can be included either prior to the assembly or after post synthetically. The PIs plan to explore the unique properties of MOFs for mercury removal from natural gas and waste water. The proposed compounds cover a variety of MOFs ranging from neutral to ionic. The study will permit better understanding of the MOF structure and the mercury sorption properties. There is a basic component to the research regarding the development of appropriate materials for the stated applications, including identifying suitable catalytically active nanoparticles that will enhance the effectiveness of the MOF and ZMOF planned for main use. The project will involve the synthesis of these materials using newly developed microwave irradiation techniques, along with their characterization and performance studies. By tailoring the properties of MOF's and ZMOF's, the scientists expect to achieve a better understanding of the factors that enhance mercury removal performance of these materials. The PIs plan to mentor the young scientists on their respective international teams. The team is well equipped to explore the sorption properties of the organic and inorganic mercury species in the selected MOFs.Broader impacts: The primary broader impact is the prospect of improving environmental quality in both countries, but education and training of students are also important results. The project will contribute to further interactions between scientists in Egypt and the US. The success of the project will advance the field of MOFs and solid state materials in general. The results from this project will give insight regarding potential use of MOFs for mercury removal. The scientists from both countries will gain interdisciplinary research training that is marketable in both countries. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program.

该项目支持位于塔拉哈西的弗吉尼亚联邦大学化学系的M. Samy El-Shall博士和位于埃及开罗的埃及石油研究所（EPRI）的Samy Faramawy博士的合作研究。他们打算学习吗？金属-有机框架纳米催化及去除废水和气体凝析油中含汞化合物的研究智力优势：提出的研究是基于金属有机框架（mof）的潜在前景，为一些具有挑战性的问题提供答案。mof，即有机-无机杂化材料，是一类新兴的多孔固体材料，其所需的功能可以在组装之前或合成后包含。PIs计划探索mof去除天然气和废水中汞的独特特性。所提出的化合物涵盖了从中性到离子的各种mof。该研究将有助于更好地了解MOF的结构和汞吸附性能。研究的一个基本组成部分是为所述应用开发合适的材料，包括确定合适的催化活性纳米颗粒，以提高计划主要使用的MOF和ZMOF的有效性。该项目将涉及使用新开发的微波辐照技术合成这些材料，并对其特性和性能进行研究。通过调整MOF和ZMOF的特性，科学家们希望更好地了解提高这些材料除汞性能的因素。他们计划在各自的国际团队中指导年轻科学家。该团队已经准备好探索所选mof中有机和无机汞的吸附特性。更广泛的影响：主要的更广泛的影响是改善两国环境质量的前景，但教育和培训学生也是重要的结果。该项目将促进埃及和美国科学家之间的进一步互动。该项目的成功将推动MOFs和固态材料领域的发展。该项目的结果将为mof在除汞方面的潜在用途提供见解。来自两国的科学家将获得跨学科的研究培训，这在两国都是有市场的。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金计划的支持。