Publications by authors named "B D Gibbons"

Article Synopsis
  • Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) like Zr- and Hf-UiO-66 have been investigated for their ability to degrade chemical warfare agents, specifically organophosphorus nerve agents.
  • The study utilized vibrational spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to analyze how well dimethyl phosphite (DMP), a simulant for Soman, adsorbs and degrades in MOF structures with varying particle sizes and types of defects.
  • Findings indicate that defective Hf-UiO-66 with more missing cluster defects enhances the hydrolysis of DMP due to increased accessibility to Lewis-acidic sites, suggesting optimal MOF design should focus on maximizing surface area and internal volume for efficient degradation reactions.
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Zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have become one of the most promising materials for the adsorption and destruction of chemical warfare agents. While numerous studies have shown differences in reactivity based on MOF topology and postsynthetic modification, the understanding of how modifying MOF macromorphology is less understood. MOF xerogels demonstrate modified defect levels and larger porosity, which increase the number of and access to potential active sites.

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Ion mobility (IM) is often combined with LC-MS experiments to provide an additional dimension of separation for complex sample analysis. While highly complex samples are better characterized by the full dimensionality of LC-IM-MS experiments to uncover new information, downstream data analysis workflows are often not equipped to properly mine the additional IM dimension. For many samples the data acquisition benefits of including IM separations are all that is necessary to uncover sample information and the full dimensionality of the data is not required for data analysis.

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Background: Collaborative care for severe mental illness (SMI) is a community-based intervention that promotes interdisciplinary working across primary and secondary care. Collaborative care interventions aim to improve the physical and/or mental health care of individuals with SMI. This is an update of a 2013 Cochrane review, based on new searches of the literature, which includes an additional seven studies.

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