title: Enhanced catalytic activity through the tuning of micropore environment and supercritical CO2 processing: Al(porphyrin)-based porous organic polymers for the degradation of a nerve agent simulant.
abstract: An Al(porphyrin) functionalized with a large axial ligand was incorporated into a porous organic polymer (POP) using a cobalt-catalyzed acetylene trimerization strategy. Removal of the axial ligand afforded a microporous POP that is catalytically active in the methanolysis of a nerve agent simulant. Supercritical CO2 processing of the POP dramatically increased the pore size and volume, allowing for significantly higher catalytic activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Totten
authors.forename: Ye-Seong
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mitchell H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.forename: Omar K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Farha
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hupp
authors.forename: SonBinh T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nguyen