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Covalent Organic Frameworks

The development of methods for the preparation of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) represents a unique strategy in order to access porous 2D and 3D polymer networks. In comparison with other porous crystalline materials, COFs offer a singular combination of properties that make them unique materials and that include modularity, crystallinity, pososity, stability and low density. COFs have already found applications in the storage and separation of gases, in storage and separation from solutions, in catalysis, in electrochemical energy storage, in electrical devices, in optoelectronics, in sensing or in drug delivery among others. Functionality that cannot be introduced into COFs directly via de novo syntheses can be accessed through post-synthesis modification (PSM) strategies. In our group we are currently engaged (i) with the production of new COFs via de novo syntheses  and (ii) with the  post-synthetic modification of COFs with the aim to obtain novel materials for the fabrication of batteries, for nucleobase recognition, for the cleavage of nerve agent simulants and for water remediation among others.



Publications:

  • Environmental impact analysis of surface printing and 3D inkjet printing applications using an imine based covalent organic framework: A Life Cycle Assessment study, J. Clean. Prod. 395, 136381 (2023)

  • Evaluation of the oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalytic activity of post-synthetically modified covalent organic frameworks, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 11, 1763 (2023)

  • Pyrenetetraone-based covalent organic framework as an effective electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction, Nano Res. 15, 3907 (2022).
  • Following the light: 3D-printed COF@poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) dual emissive composite with response to polarity and acidity, J. Mat.  Chem. A, 10, 4634 (2022).
  • Covalent organic frameworks based on electroactive naphthalenediimide as active electrocatalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction, Appl. Mater. Today, 26, 101384 (2202).
  • Electrochemical (Bio)Sensors Based on Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), Sensors, 22, 4758 (2022).
  • Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants through conjugated poly(azomethine) networks based on terthiophene–naphthalimide assemblies, RSC Advances, 11, 2701 (2021).
  • Acidic triggering of reversible electrochemical activity in a pyrenetetraone-based 2D polymer, Polymer, 212, 123273 (2021).
  • Plasticized poly(lactic acid) reinforced with antioxidant covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as novel nanofillers designed for non-migrating active packaging applications, Polymer, 196, 122466 (2020).
  • Oxygen reduction using a metal-free naphthalene diimide-based covalent organic framework electrocatalyst Chem. Commun., 56,_1267 (2020).
  • Gas-Solid Heterogeneous Post-Synthetic Modification of Imine-based Covalent Organic Frameworks, Eur.J. 26,6495 (2020).
  • Synergistic Effect of Covalent Bonding and Physical Encapsulation of Sulfur in the Pores of a Microporous COF to Improve Cycling Performance in Li-S Batteries”, Chem. Eur. J. 25, 12394 (2019).
  • Catalytically Active Imine-based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Detoxification of Nerve Agent Simulants in Aqueous Media, Materials 12, 1974 (2019).
  • Post-synthetic modification of covalent organic frameworks”, Chem. Soc. Rev. 48, 3903 (2019).
  • Introduction to Covalent Organic Frameworks: An Advanced Organic Chemistry Experiment”, J. Chem. Educ. 96, 1745 (2019).
  • Uracil grafted imine-based covalent organic framework for nucleobase recognition, Chem. Commun. 54, 8729 (2018)
  • Thiol Grafted Imine-Based Covalent Organic Framework for Water Remediation Through Selective Removal of Hg(II)”, J. Mat. Chem. A 5, 17973 (2017)
  • An Aza-Fused π-Conjugated Microporous Framework Catalyzes the Production of Hydrogen Peroxide, ACS Catal. 7, 1015 (2017).
  • Covalent Organic Frameworks based on Schiff-base Chemistry. Synthesis and applications Soc. Rev. 45, 5635 (2016)
  • Surface Patterning of a Crystalline Laminar Covalent Organic Framework Synthesized at Room Temperature Eur. J.  21, 10666   (2015)
  • Method for the Synthesis of Covalent Organic Frameworks, European Patent Ref.: 13382313.8-1306 (2013).