Ultrastable Mesoporous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework-Based Fiber Composites toward Mustard Gas Detoxification

Kaikai Ma; Peng Li; John H. Xin; Yongwei Chen; Zhijie Chen; Subhadip Goswami; Xiaofeng Liu; Satoshi Kato; Haoyuan Chen; Xuan Zhang; Jiaquan Bai; Megan C. Wasson; Rodrigo R. Maldonado; Randall Q. Snurr; Omar K. Farha

Cell Reports Physical Science (Feb 2020)

Ultrastable Mesoporous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework-Based Fiber Composites toward Mustard Gas Detoxification

Kaikai Ma,
Peng Li,
John H. Xin,
Yongwei Chen,
Zhijie Chen,
Subhadip Goswami,
Xiaofeng Liu,
Satoshi Kato,
Haoyuan Chen,
Xuan Zhang,
Jiaquan Bai,
Megan C. Wasson,
Rodrigo R. Maldonado,
Randall Q. Snurr,
Omar K. Farha

Affiliations

Kaikai Ma: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Research Centre for Smart Wearable Technology, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
Peng Li: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200438, China; Corresponding author
John H. Xin: Research Centre for Smart Wearable Technology, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
Yongwei Chen: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Zhijie Chen: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Subhadip Goswami: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Xiaofeng Liu: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Satoshi Kato: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Haoyuan Chen: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Xuan Zhang: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Jiaquan Bai: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200438, China
Megan C. Wasson: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Rodrigo R. Maldonado: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Randall Q. Snurr: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Omar K. Farha: Department of Chemistry, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Corresponding author

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 2
p. 100024

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Summary: Creating crystalline porous materials with large pores is typically challenging due to undesired interpenetration, staggered stacking, or weakened framework stability. Here, we report a pore size expansion strategy by “shape-matching” intermolecular π-π stacking interactions in a series of two-dimensional (2D) hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs), HOF-10x (x = 0,1,2), self-assembled from pyrene-based tectons with systematic elongation of π-conjugated molecular arms. This strategy successfully avoids interpenetration or staggered stacking and expands the pore size of HOF materials to access mesoporous HOF-102, which features a surface area of ∼2,500 m2/g and the largest pore volume (1.3 cm3/g) to date among all reported HOFs. More importantly, HOF-102 shows significantly enhanced thermal and chemical stability as evidenced by powder X-ray diffraction and N2 isotherms after treatments in challenging conditions. Such stability enables the easy fabrication of a HOF-102/fiber composite for the efficient photochemical detoxification of a mustard gas simulant.

Published in Cell Reports Physical Science

ISSN: 2666-3864 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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