Investigation of Structural Details of Amorphous Zeoltitic Imidazole Frameworks Obtained by Different Solid State Amorphization Methods

• Grant number: 24/03731-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2024
• End date: March 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Marcos de Oliveira Junior
• Grantee: Thalyson Ruan França Moraes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/02974-1 - Fundamental aspects of the amorphous state of metal organic compounds: a solid state magnetic resonance approach, AP.PNGP.PI

Abstract

In the last decade there has been an increasing interest for the development of amorphous Metal-Organic Framework (a-MOF) materials. These materials combine the interesting properties of MOFs (outstanding thermal and chemical stabilities, high surface areas, excellent porosities, and tunable pore sizes, shapes and chemical functions) with properties of the amorphous phase (isotropy, absence of grain boundaries, abundant defects and active sites and flexibility). In this project we propose to use 1H and 13C solid state NMR techniques to investigate structural similarities/differences between isomeric crystalline and amorphous Zeoltitic Imidazole Frameworks (ZIFs). This study will bring valuable insight about the nature amorphous state in MOFs, which will contribute to the further development of this research field.