Functional Superstructures of Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks

该项目旨在开发金属有机骨架(MOF)超结构作为一种新的材料平台。MOF是一类新兴的多孔吸附材料，有望在分子分离和多相催化等重要工业应用中发挥重要的功能材料作用。然而，迫切需要方便的方法将MOF的吸引人的性质与介观和宏观结构材料的独特特征相结合，并从根本上了解结构对其材料性质的影响。该项目旨在合成结构化的MOF，作为研究其吸附和动力学性质的平台，并将这些体系作为下一代碳氢化合物分离材料进行研究。

This project aims to develop metal-organic framework (MOF) superstructures as a new materials platform. MOFs are an emerging class of porous adsorbents that are expected to fulfil a crucial role as functional materials in industrially important applications, including molecular separations and heterogeneous catalysis. However, there is an urgent need for convenient methods to integrate the attractive properties of MOFs with the unique features of meso- and macrostructured materials, and for a fundamental understanding of the influence of structuring on their material properties. The project intends to synthesise structuralised MOFs as a platform for studies related to their adsorptive and dynamic properties, and to study these systems as next-generation materials for hydrocarbon separations.