Creating MOFs with Sound

May-26-19 An innovative method of creating MOFs with sound waves eliminates the need for high temperatures and offers results in just minutes.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have found their way into thousands of applications. To speed the process and provide a more sustainable method of manufacturing, the team from RMIT developed an acoustically-driven approach that eliminates one of the most time-consuming steps of creating the MOFs—flushing contaminants from the holes of the MOF. A microchip able to produce high-frequency sound waves was used to arrange and connect the elements of the MOF in on orderly way while also forcing the remaining solvent from the holes, resulting in a final product in only minutes, instead of hours or even days.

Image: An acoustically-created MOF, with the microchip that produced the high-frequency sound waves used in the process.

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