Acknowledgements First and foremost I would like to thank my adviser Professor Stephen FitzGerald for his advice and support, for always making time to answer my questions and for showing me how fascinating, frustrating and rewarding experimental physics can be. I am grateful for the opportunity to pursue this work which has been a significant and enjoyable part of my time at Oberlin. I thank m...

Two well-known metal-organic frameworks (MOF-5, NiDOBDC) were synthesized and studied for facile xenon capture and separation. Our results indicate that NiDOBDC adsorbs significantly more xenon than MOF-5, and is more selective for xenon over krypton than activated carbon.

A MOF-5 [Zn(4)O(BDC)(3); BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate]@SBA-15 hybrid material has been prepared by using SBA-15 as a matrix. This hybrid material exhibits improved hydrostability under ambient conditions and unique gas adsorption behavior compared with pristine MOF-5.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a new class of porous, crystalline materials with applications in the capture, storage, and separation of gasses. Although much effort has been devoted to understanding the properties of MOFs in powder form, in a realistic system the MOF media will likely be employed as dense compacts, such as pucks or pellets, to maximize volumetric efficiency. In these appl...

Nanoscale titania particles were synthesized inside the porous coordination polymer [Zn(4)O(bdc)(3)] (bdc = 1,4-benzene-dicarboxylate, MOF-5) by adsorption of titanium isopropoxide from the gas-phase and subsequent dry oxidation and annealing.

We present a comprehensive assessment of the thermophysical properties of an industrial, pilot-scale version of the prototype adsorbent, metal–organic framework 5 (MOF-5). These properties are essential ingredients in the design and modeling of MOF-5-based hydrogen adsorption systems, and may serve as a useful starting point for the development of other MOF-based systems for applications in cat...

Electronic structure, bonding characteristics, adhesion, and stress energy of the Zn-MOF-5(100)/(110) rutile interface were modeled by using periodic DFT+D calculations, corroborated by simulation of high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) images. Adjustment of the flexible metal−organic framework (MOF) moiety to the rigid rutile substrate was achieved within a supercell compr...

Water pollution, having organic dyes, has lethal impacts on aquatic life and public health. To eliminate or degrade a metal-organic framework (MOF) based BiCoO3 semiconductor is considered potential photocatalyst for the degradation of dyes. In this study, MOF-5-based (MOF-5/BiCoO3) composite was successfully synthesized using one-pot hydrothermal process. Different analytical techniques were u...