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US 9,102,691 B2Granted
Aluminum metal organic framework materials
AssigneeThe Texas A&M University System
InventorsHong-Cai Zhou, Dawei Feng, Kecheng Wang
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Abstract
The invention relates to monocrystalline single crystals of metal-organic framework materials comprising at least one aluminum metal ion, processes for preparing the same, methods for employing the same, and the use thereof. The invention also relates to monocrystalline aluminum metal-organic frameworks.
Claims18
A single crystal metal-organic framework comprising one or more metal-ligand clusters, each metal-ligand cluster comprising (i) a metal cluster having an Al3O cornerstone, and (ii) one or more ligands having two or more carboxylate groups;
- wherein the single crystal has a size greater than or equal to 10 μm;
- the metal-organic framework comprises cavities having a free diameter of about 4 Å to about 40 Å;
- and the metal-organic framework comprising pores having a pore volume from about 0.1 cm3/g to about 4 cm3/g.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.