Accelerating the controlled synthesis of metal-organic frameworks by a microfluidic approach: a nanoliter continuous reactor

Lorena Paseta; Beatriz Seoane; Daniel Julve; Víctor Sebastián; Carlos Téllez; Joaquín Coronas

doi:10.1021/am4029872

Accelerating the controlled synthesis of metal-organic frameworks by a microfluidic approach: a nanoliter continuous reactor

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2013 Oct 9;5(19):9405-10. doi: 10.1021/am4029872. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

Authors

Lorena Paseta¹, Beatriz Seoane, Daniel Julve, Víctor Sebastián, Carlos Téllez, Joaquín Coronas

Affiliation

¹ Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department and Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), Universidad de Zaragoza , 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.

PMID: 24032994
DOI: 10.1021/am4029872

Abstract

Segmented microfluidics was applied to the ultrafast crystallization of dicarboxylate based MIL-88B type metal-organic frameworks (MOFs; Fe-MIL-88B-NH2, Fe-MIL-88B, and Fe-MIL-88B-Br). Particular attention was paid to the influence of the temperature, residence time, and slug volume on the size and crystal size distribution of the MOFs. Average sizes in the 90-900 nm range with relatively narrow crystal size distributions were obtained with residence times as short as 20 s depending on the MOF type and synthesis conditions.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't