Zn5(BTA)6(TDA)2—a robust highly interpenetrated metal-organic framework constructed from pentanuclear clusters for selective sorption of gas molecules
AssigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorsBanglin Chen, Shengchang Xiang
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are highly interpenetrated robust metal-organic frameworks having the repeat unit Zn5(BTA)6(TDA)2, useful for applications such as selective gas storage, selective gas sorption and/or separation, and gas detection.
Claims20
A metal-organic framework (MOF) comprising a repeat unit of the formula Zn5(BTA)6(TDA)2, wherein BTA is the deprotonated anion of 1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole and TDA is the deprotonated dianion of thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylic acid.
A method of storing a compound within a metal-organic framework (MOF) comprising:
- (a) obtaining MOF comprising a repeat unit of the formula Zn5(BTA)6(TDA)2, wherein BTA is the deprotonated anion of 1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole and TDA is the deprotonated dianion of thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylic acid;
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- (b) combining the MOF with a first compound such that the first compound is stored within the MOF.
A method of detecting a compound using an MOF comprising:
- (a) obtaining a MOF comprising a repeat unit of the formula Zn5(BTA)6(TDA)2, wherein BTA is the deprotonated anion of 1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole and TDA is the deprotonated dianion of thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylic acid;
- (b) combining the MOF with a first compound such that the first compound enters the MOF to form an MOF•guest complex;
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- (c) comparing the luminescence intensity of the MOF with the luminescence intensity of the MOF•guest complex so as to detect the first compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.