Development of polyoxometalate-loaded MOFs for heterogeneous catalysis and enhanced dye adsorption.

This study focuses on the enhancement of MIL-117 functionality by incorporating a well-known polyoxometalate (POM), tetrabutylammonium octamolybdate [(-CH)N][MoO]. Using an encapsulation method with conventional heating, MoO anions were for the first time successfully integrated into MIL-117 tubular channels (MoO@MIL-117). Comprehensive characterization of the material through FTIR, XRD, BET, FE-SEM, EDX, and XPS confirmed the uniform distribution of MoO within MIL-117 without compromising its structural integrity.

Amyloid detection in neurodegenerative diseases using MOFs.

Neurodegenerative diseases (amyloid diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's), stemming from protein misfolding and aggregation, encompass a spectrum of disorders with severe systemic implications. Timely detection is pivotal in managing these diseases owing to their significant impact on organ function and high mortality rates. The diverse array of amyloid disorders, spanning localized and systemic manifestations, underscores the complexity of these conditions and highlights the need for advanced detection methods.

Efficient Dye Extraction from Wastewater Using Indium-MOF-Immobilized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membranes with Selective Filtration for Enhanced Remediation.

Industrial activities have led to releasing harmful substances into the environment, necessitating the elimination of these toxic compounds from wastewater. Organic dyes, commonly found in industrial effluents, pose a threat to ecosystems and human health. Conventional treatment methods often suffer from limitations such as high cost and poor efficiency.

MOF/POM hybrids as catalysts for organic transformations.

Insertion of molecular metal oxides, polyoxometalates (POMs), into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) opens up new research opportunities in various fields, particularly in catalysis. POM/MOF composites have strong acidity, oxygen-rich surface, and redox capacity due to typical characteristics of POMs and the large surface area, highly organized structures, tunable pore size, and shape are due to MOFs. Such hybrid materials have gained a lot of attention due to astonishing structural features, and hence have potential applications in organic catalysis, sorption and separation, proton conduction, magnetism, lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, electrochemistry, medicine, bio-fuel, and so on.