title: Instantaneous hydrolysis of nerve-agent simulants with a six-connected zirconium-based metal-organic framework.
abstract: A nerve-agent simulant based on a phosphate ester is hydrolyzed using a MOF-based catalyst. Suspensions of MOF-808 (6-connected), a material featuring 6-connected zirconium nodes, display the highest hydrolysis rates among all MOFs that have been reported to date. A plug-flow reactor was also prepared with MOF-808 (6-connected) as the active layer. Deployed in a simple filtration scheme, the reactor displayed high hydrolysis efficiency and reusability.
authors.affiliation: Department of chemistry Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113 (USA).
authors.forename: Su-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Department of chemistry Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113 (USA).
authors.forename: Yangyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of chemistry Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113 (USA). j-hupp@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hupp
authors.affiliation: Department of chemistry Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113 (USA). o-farha@northwestern.edu.|Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). o-farha@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Omar K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Farha
keywords: MOF plug-flow reactor; heterogeneous catalysis; hydrolysis; metal-organic frameworks; nerve agents