Methods of making MOFs, systems for synthesizing MOFs, and methods of coating textiles with MOFs

A method of synthesis of metal organic frameworks (“MOFs”), the method comprising:

• preparing a metal solution by dissolving at least one metal salt in an aqueous solution and buffering the metal solution to achieve a first pH, the metal solution optionally comprising an organic co-solvent;
• preparing a linker solution by adding at least one organic acid linker and at least one base to an aqueous solution, wherein the at least one organic acid linker has an ability to be protonated or deprotonated in response to a second pH;
• and
• mixing the metal solution and the linker solution to produce the MOFs, wherein the mixture of the metal solution and the linker solution has a third pH value, the third pH value being from 0.1 to 3 pH units greater than a highest pKa of the organic acid linker, wherein the MOFs are produced in less than 1 minute after the mixing of the metal solution and the linker solution.