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SUBMITTER: Peng Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5768720 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180115 1
Current technologies for removing heavy metal ions are typically metal ion specific. Herein we report the development of a broad-spectrum heavy metal ion trap by incorporation of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid into a robust metal-organic framework. The capture experiments for a total of 22 heavy metal ions, covering hard, soft, and borderline Lewis metal ions, show that the trap is very effective, with removal efficiencies of >99% for single-component adsorption, multi-component adsorption, or ...[more]