Date of Award:
5-2013
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Committee Chair(s)
Siddhartha Das
Committee
Siddhartha Das
Committee
Lisa M. Berreau
Committee
John L. Hubbard
Committee
Robert S. Brown
Abstract
Crystalline porous materials have gained long-standing interest for their application in gas storage, separation and catalysis. These materials have been useful for domestic, scientific and industrial purposes for many decades. Zeolites are a well known example of such materials.
Metal-organic frameworks are a new class of crystalline porous materials. They have many advantages over the more widely known zeolites. Though metal-organic frameworks are relatively new, their basic structure, known as the secondary building unit, very closely resembles the structure of metal complexes. Such metal complexes have been characterized in chemistry for more than a century.
Chemical catalysis is a process wherein a reaction rate becomes faster in the presence of an external agent. Metal complexes have been used for this purpose for many decades. Like other crystalline porous materials, metal-organic frameworks find applications in catalysis. Catalysis is often done in the presence of a solvent. This report deals with the stability of metal complexes and compares with that of metal-organic frameworks, with respect to their metal ions in the presence of external solvents.
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Recommended Citation
Das, Sanjit, "Enhanced Structural Support of Metal Sites as Nodes in Metal-Organic Frameworks Compared to Metal Complexes" (2013). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 1736.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1736
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