Exploiting parameter space in MOFs: a 20-fold enhancement of phosphate-ester hydrolysis with UiO-66-NH2

• DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03613a
• Publication Date: 2015-02-24T13:04:49Z
• Authors: Michael J. Katz; Su-Young Moon; Joseph E. Mondloch; M. Hassan Beyzavi; Casey J. Stephenson; Joseph T. Hupp; Omar K. Farha
• Keywords: Chemistry; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Using the enzymatic mechanism of phosphoesterase as a template, we were able to modify a metal–organic framework such that the hydrolysis rates were 50 times faster than previously demonstrated with UiO-66.