Rare-Earth Metal–Organic Frameworks with 3D Linkers for Sustainable Separation Processes

This project aims to develop novel rare-earth metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a type of porous material which by thoughtful design, have tunable properties which can be tailored to target the sustainable separation of valuable and otherwise energy intensive chemical separations such as the separation of hydrocarbons, usually performed by distillation. The project combines the expertise in rare-earth MOF synthesis of the Howarth group at Concordia University in Montreal, with the expertise of Dr. Macreadie at UNSW in Sydney in the synthesis of MOFs with 3D linkers and their applications in chemical separation processes,

Faculty Supervisor:

Ashlee Howarth

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Partner:

University of New South Wales

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

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