Herein, we report the preparation of an organic-inorganic hybrid hydrogel architecture using vinyl alginate and UiO-66 MOFs (metal-organic frameworks) modified with acrylic acid (AA) UiO-66AA. UiO-66 MOFs with different crystal sizes (600, 1500, and 2500 nm) were synthesized and the effect on the mechanical and transport properties of the resulting materials, such as water absorption capacity and drug release, were evaluated. HydroMOF showed higher water absorption capacity than the pure hydrogel and enhanced mechanical properties, which depend on crystal size and the amount of UiO-66AA MOF used. The initial release rate of drug (burst release) from hydroMOFs was lower when small-sized crystals or a small amount of large-sized crystals were used; thus these are essential in changing half-life values of release rates. Finally, the cytotoxicity screening successfully showed that hydroMOFs are promising biocompatible compounds proven to have the advantages of minimized burst release and mechanical robustness.
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Chem Asian J
December 2024
NUST: National University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, SAUDI ARABIA.
This study introduces a UiO-66-NH2/Tannic acid/Polyvinylidene fluoride (UTP) composite membrane for efficient oil-water separation. Pristine polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes, due to their hydrophobic nature, tend to foul during oil-in-water emulsion separation. By incorporating the metal-organic framework (MOF) UiO-66-NH2 and stabilizing it with tannic acid (TA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), the membrane's hydrophilicity and antifouling properties were significantly enhanced.
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December 2024
China-Uzbekistan Joint Laboratory on Advanced Porous Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China.
One of the significant challenges encountered by metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in proton conduction is their limited processability. In this study, we successfully synthesized UiO-66-COOH aerogel and UiO-66-2COOH aerogel, which exhibit high proton conductivities and remarkable temperature cycling stability in terms of performance and structural integrity.
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December 2024
IOCB CAS: Ustav organicke chemie a biochemie Akademie ved Ceske republiky, Chemistry, 16000, CZECHIA.
Single-atom-based Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) hold great promising candidates for heterogeneous catalysis, demonstrating outstanding catalytic activity and exceptional product selectivity. This is attributed to their optimal atom utilization, high surface energy, and the presence of unsaturated coordination environments. Here in, we have developed a nickel single-atom catalyst (UiO-66/Ni) featuring Ni single atoms covalently attached to defect-engineered Zr-oxide clusters within the stable UiO-66 framework, synthesized via a straightforward solution impregnation method.
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December 2024
Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via G. Quarello 15/A, 10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy.
In this study, we present for the first time the incorporation of two distinct nonsymmetrical squaraines (SQ) into hierarchically porous Hafnium-based UiO-66 Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), each functionalized with various moieties, for application as photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy. SQs are meticulously designed to feature COOH moieties for interaction with the MOF's metallic cluster and bromine atoms to enhance intersystem crossing and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. The distinct central functionalizations, one with squaric acid and the other with a dicyanovinyl-substituted squaric acid derivative, result in unique geometric conformations.
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December 2024
State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, PR China; College of Petroleum and Gas Engineering Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, PR China; Oil & Gas Field Applied Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 610500, PR China. Electronic address:
Adjusting the structure of the membrane and improving its performance proved to be an effective technique for accomplishing efficient dye wastewater purification. Water erosion of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) core in polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber membrane modified with UiO-66-NH was successfully achieved, in this study, using coaxial electrospinning, and ZIF-8 with excellent performance was further epitaxy-grown in situ. Two differently shaped and positively charged MOFs confer strong adsorption capacity (adsorption capacity >2042 mg/g) on cationic dyes.
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