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Synthesis Of A Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Nano-Patterned Metal-Organic Framework Material, Daniel Pivaral

Kansas State University Undergraduate Research Conference

Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) materials are supramolecular structures that are formed from the assembly of organic molecules that[AL1] have multiple binding sites with compatible metal cations. The resulting structure is a uniform and porous 3D grid-like with metal vertices that are connected by organic linkers. MOFs have several potential uses such as catalysis, detection, and gas storage, and new strategies to synthesize functional MOFs continue to be developed. One strategy is post synthetic modification (PSM), a process where different chemical groups are grafted onto the organic linkers via chemical reaction. The main objective of this research is to demonstrate that …