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Use of open source monitoring hardware to improve the production of MOFs: using STA-16(Ni) as a case study.

ABSTRACT: Affordable and readily available microelectronics are becoming prevalent in teaching laboratories however these useful and economic tools are not used widely in either academia or industry. Herein we report how a metal organic framework (MOF) synthetic route can be optimized using an in situ monitoring apparatus designed in-house on open source hardware for under $100. We demonstrate that the MOF can be produced at atmospheric pressure, an improvement over previous reports, but also with a reduction in reaction time of 93%. This improvement in reaction time was predicted after a single experiment using the monitoring kit showing how efficiencies in the lab can be gained with very little experimental and monetary overhead while minimising the resources used.

SUBMITTER: Massingberd-Mundy F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7567096 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Use of open source monitoring hardware to improve the production of MOFs: using STA-16(Ni) as a case study.

Massingberd-Mundy Felicity F Poulston Stephen S Bennett Stephen S Yeung Hamish Hei-Man HH Johnson Timothy T

Scientific reports 20201015 1

Affordable and readily available microelectronics are becoming prevalent in teaching laboratories however these useful and economic tools are not used widely in either academia or industry. Herein we report how a metal organic framework (MOF) synthetic route can be optimized using an in situ monitoring apparatus designed in-house on open source hardware for under $100. We demonstrate that the MOF can be produced at atmospheric pressure, an improvement over previous reports, but also with a reduc ...[more]

PMID: 33060636

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