Also: MOF, MOF-5, porous crystals
MOFs are sponge-like crystals of metal joints and organic links with huge internal surface area, studied for gas storage, water harvesting, and drug delivery.
Readiness: lab lab studies · prototype demonstrated objects · commercial products or buildings in real use · review summaries of other studies.
Horcajada and colleagues showed porous nano-MOFs as possible drug delivery carriers.
As reported in: Horcajada, Chalati, Serre et al. (2009). Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging. Nature Materials. doi:10.1038/nmat2608
Li, Yaghi, and colleagues made an exceptionally stable, highly porous metal-organic framework.
As reported in: Li, Eddaoudi, O'Keeffe et al. (1999). Design and synthesis of an exceptionally stable and highly porous metal-organic framework. Nature. doi:10.1038/46248
Furukawa and colleagues reviewed MOF chemistry and applications.
As reported in: Furukawa, Cordova, O’Keeffe et al. (2013). The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks. Science. doi:10.1126/science.1230444
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Kim and colleagues used a MOF powered by sunlight to harvest water from dry air.
Built / tested: water harvester
As reported in: Kim, Yang, Rao et al. (2017). Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight. Science. doi:10.1126/science.aam8743
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