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

1002970 El-Shall该项目支持M.塔拉哈西弗吉尼亚联邦大学化学系的Samy El-Shall和埃及开罗埃及石油研究所（EPRI）的Samy Faramawy博士。 他们打算学习？用于纳米催化和从废水和气体冷凝物中去除含汞化合物的金属有机框架？智力优势：拟议的研究是基于金属有机框架（MOFs）的潜在承诺，为一些具有挑战性的问题提供答案。 MOF（有机-无机混合材料）是一类新兴的多孔固态材料，其中可以在组装之前或合成后包含所需的功能。参与者计划探索MOFs用于从天然气和废水中去除汞的独特性能。所提出的化合物涵盖从中性到离子的各种MOF。该研究将允许更好地了解MOF结构和汞吸附性能。研究的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，以提高计划用于主要用途的MOF和ZMOF的有效性。该项目将涉及使用新开发的微波辐射技术合成这些材料，沿着对其特性和性能进行研究。 通过定制MOF和ZMOF的特性，科学家们希望更好地了解增强这些材料除汞性能的因素。PI计划在各自的国际团队中指导年轻科学家。 该团队具备充分的条件，可以探索选定的MOFs中有机和无机汞物种的吸附特性。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，但对学生的教育和培训也是重要的成果。该项目将有助于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MOF和固态材料领域的发展。 该项目的结果将有助于深入了解MOFs在汞去除方面的潜在用途。来自两国的科学家将获得在两国都有市场的跨学科研究培训。 该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金计划的支持。

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.