title: Tailoring the Pore Size and Functionality of UiO-Type Metal-Organic Frameworks for Optimal Nerve Agent Destruction.
abstract: Evaluation of UiO-66 and UiO-67 metal-organic framework derivatives as catalysts for the degradation of soman, a chemical warfare agent, showed the importance of both the linker size and functionality. The best catalysts yielded half-lives of less than 1 min. Further testing with a nerve agent simulant established that different rate-assessment techniques yield similar values for degradation half-lives.
authors.affiliation: Edgewood Chemical Biological Center , 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States.
authors.forename: Gregory W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States.
authors.forename: Su-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Edgewood Chemical Biological Center , 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States.
authors.forename: George W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Edgewood Chemical Biological Center , 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States.
authors.forename: Morgan G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Edgewood Chemical Biological Center , 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States.|Leidos, Inc. , P.O. Box 68, Gunpowder, Maryland 21010, United States.
authors.forename: Jared B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: DeCoste
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States.
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hupp
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States.|Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Omar K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Farha