Title: Functional Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis of new Fluorescent MOFs and growth of MOF5 thin films on SAMs

Date/Time: Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 10:00 am (PST)

Location: 940/Auditorium Videoconferenced to Building 980 Room 95 (Sandia NM)

Brief Abstract: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) have recently attracted interest due to their regular porosity, high surface area, and potential for application in gas and vapor storage, separation, and sensing.  In our experiments, we utilized the rigidity and well-defined geometries inherent in MOFs to provide a low-density matrix for the incorporation of fluorescent linkers with potential for vapor sensing. In this talk, I am going to discuss the structure, synthesis, and characterization of two new types of fluorescent MOFs with stilbene as a linker, as well as describe some initial results with regards to sensing applications.  Methods and experiments used to grow thin-films of MOFs on gold functionalized with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) will also be discussed.

CSRI POC: Jonathan Zimmerman, (925) 294-2437