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  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Direct synthesis of acid-base-stable copper carboxylate metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) presents significant challenges.
  • Existing MOFs often lack stability in aqueous or extreme pH conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for synthesizing highly stable copper carboxylate MOFs.
  • To investigate the stability and separation capabilities of the synthesized MOFs.

Main Methods:

  • Employing a nanoenvelope strategy to protect copper paddle-wheel clusters during MOF assembly.
  • Utilizing AB stacking for structural integrity.
  • Conducting water vapor adsorption experiments, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, and radial distribution function (RDF) analyses.
  • Performing xylene isomer separation tests.

Main Results:

  • Successfully synthesized a highly stable copper carboxylate MOF, Cu2TBAPy, exhibiting exceptional resistance to water (240 days), acid, and base (pH 0-13).
  • Achieved excellent separation of xylene isomers with a resolution of 18.2 (meta-/para-xylene) and remarkable durability (31 months).
  • Demonstrated ultra-low detection limits (1.33 pg) for xylene isomer impurities.

Conclusions:

  • The nanoenvelope strategy effectively enhances the stability of copper carboxylate MOFs.
  • Cu2TBAPy shows superior performance in xylene isomer separation compared to existing materials.
  • This work provides a valuable framework for designing and synthesizing robust MOFs for challenging applications.