AAAR 35th Annual Conference October 17 - October 21, 2016 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon, USA
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Rapid Synthesis of Highly Porous Polymer Nanocrystals by Aerosol Routes
Zhuoran Gan, Xiang He, WEI-NING WANG, Virginia Commonwealth University
Abstract Number: 540 Working Group: Nanoparticles and Materials Synthesis
Abstract Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous polymer crystals, which find various applications, such as gas adsorption and separation, catalysis, and biomedical-related technologies. MOFs have been prepared traditionally by wet-chemistry methods. In this work, a single step aerosol method was used to successfully synthesize several example MOFs. Effects of precursor concentration, metal/linker ratio, solvent type, and synthesis temperature were investigated in detail. The as-synthesized nanocrystals were characterized systematically by SEM, TEM, XRD, UV-vis, FTIR and BET. The crystal formation mechanisms of MOFs in aerosol routes will be discussed.