Metal Organic Frameworks for gas storage and separation, sensors, and catalysis

TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY

UCLA has developed extensive classes of crystalline porous materials, ranging from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), metal-catecholates (M-CATs), metal triazolates (METs), and multivariate (MTV) MOFs, that can be used in clean energy storage and generation, electrically conductive materials, gas sensors, and catalysis.Â

Primary Application Area: Materials, Chemical

Technology Development Status: Prototype

FIGURES OF MERIT

Value Proposition: *Robust and highly porous crystalline materials
*High surface area and storage capacity (300-10,000 m2/g)
*Controlled and tunable building units
*Chemistry extends to a wide variety of linkers and metals, leading to complexity and control at the molecular level

SHOWCASE SUMMARY

Organization Type: Academic/Gov Lab

National Innovation Awardee

Showcase Booth #: 629

Website: http://www.tdg.ucla.edu

GOVT/EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES

Vetted Programs/Awards: Professor Yaghi is the second most cited chemist in the world, according to Thomson Reuters top 100 chemists list, 2000-2010.

External Funding to Date: Sponsored research from a chemical company.