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Scientists in Belgium have discovered how to make metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) from waste plastic bottles.
MOFs are porous polymers that excel in a range of applications from gas storage to catalysis and sensing. Scientists usually make MOFs from high purity chemicals, which are expensive and generate huge amounts of waste during their production. To produce MOFs on a large scale, researchers must find more environmentally friendly production methods and easily available source materials.
Interested? The full article can be read in Chemistry World.
The original article can be read below:
Waste PET (bottles) as a resource or substrate for MOF synthesis
Willem P. R. Deleu, Ivo Stassen, Dries Jonckheere, Rob Ameloot and Dirk E. De Vos*
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 9519-9525
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA02381A
