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Angewandte Chemie, Volume 127, Issue 23, 2015 ,Pages 6894–6898.
Elena López-Maya1,Dr. Carmen Montoro1,Dr. L. Marleny Rodríguez-Albelo1,Dr. Salvador D. Aznar Cervantes2,Dr. A. Abel Lozano-Pérez2, Prof. José Luis Cenís2, Dr. Elisa Barea1,Prof. Jorge A. R. Navarro1
[expand title=”Show Affiliations”]- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada (Spain)
- Departamento de Biotecnología, IMIDA, Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, C/Mayor S/N, 30150 La Alberca, Murcia (Spain)
Abstract
The current technology of air-filtration materials for protection against highly toxic chemicals, that is, chemical-warfare agents, is mainly based on the broad and effective adsorptive properties of hydrophobic activated carbons. However, adsorption does not prevent these materials from behaving as secondary emitters once they are contaminated. Thus, the development of efficient self-cleaning filters is of high interest. Herein, we report how we can take advantage of the improved phosphotriesterase catalytic activity of lithium alkoxide doped zirconium(IV) metal–organic framework (MOF) materials to develop advanced self-detoxifying adsorbents of chemical-warfare agents containing hydrolysable PF, PO, and CCl bonds. Moreover, we also show that it is possible to integrate these materials onto textiles, thereby combining air-permeation properties of the textiles with the self-detoxifying properties of the MOF material.
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