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Dawei Feng

Bio: Dawei Feng is an academic researcher from Texas A&M University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Metal-organic framework & Mesoporous material. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 59 publications receiving 10244 citations. Previous affiliations of Dawei Feng include Texas A&M University System & Stanford University.

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TL;DR: A unique strategy employing heme-like active centers as structural motifs for the assembly of highly stable porous materials, which should possess well-defined mesochannels and ultrahigh stability in aqueous solution is proposed.
Abstract: In nature, metalloporphyrins are well known for performing many biological functions in aqueous media, such as light harvesting, oxygen transportation, and catalysis. Heme, the iron–porphyrin derivative, is the cofactor for many enzyme/ protein families, including peroxidases, cytochromes, hemoglobins, and myoglobins. Using synthetic systems to mimic natural enzymes with high catalytic activity and substrate selectivity has been a sought-after goal in the last decade. Direct application of a heme as an oxidation catalyst in aqueous solution is usually challenging due to the formation of catalytically inactive dimers and catalyst self-destruction in the oxidizing reaction media. One promising approach is to load heme on supports, such as zeolites, clays, nanoparticles, hydrogels, or carbon materials, a practice which inevitably dilutes the density of active sites. An alternative approach is to protect the heme center by modifying the porphyrin to produce dendrimers or molecular crystals, which is a synthetically demanding method. Herein, we propose a unique strategy employing heme-like active centers as structural motifs for the assembly of highly stable porous materials, which should possess well-defined mesochannels and ultrahigh stability in aqueous solution. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a new class of crystalline porous materials with fascinating structures and intriguing properties, such as permanent porosity, high surface area, and uniform open cavities. The availability of various building blocks consisting of metals and organic linkers makes it possible to construct MOFs with unique properties for diverse applications. However, these desirable features of MOFs have rarely been applied to an enzymatic mimic, especially for catalysis in an aqueous medium, despite the fact that the assembly of ligands bearing high-density active sites into 3D frameworks may provide an ideal system to both enhance the catalytic activity and protect the cofactors. One of the main reasons is the lack of water-stable MOFs containing redox-active metal centers. Furthermore, most MOFs are microporous (pore size< 2 nm). Although they are suitable for gas storage, the small pore size slows down diffusion and limits the access of large substrate molecules to the active sites inside a MOF. Therefore, MOFs with mesopores, accessible redox sites, and ultrahigh stability, especially in aqueous media, are indispensible for any successful biomimetic attempt. Herein we have employed Fe-TCPP (TCPP= tetrakis(4carboxyphenyl)porphyrin) as a heme-like ligand and chosen highly stable Zr6 clusters as nodes for the assembly of stable Zr-MOFs. With carefully selected starting materials, we have successfully constructed a 3D heme-like MOF, designated as PCN-222(Fe) (Figure 1; PCN= porous coordination net-

1,449 citations

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TL;DR: It was demonstrated that the adsorption plays an important role in the preconcentration of analytes, which can further increase the fluorescent quenching efficiency and be potentially useful in monitoring water quality and treating wastewater.
Abstract: Antibiotics and organic explosives are among the main organic pollutants in wastewater; their detection and removal are quite important but challenging. As a new class of porous materials, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are considered as a promising platform for the sensing and adsorption applications. In this work, guided by a topological design approach, two stable isostructural Zr(IV)-based MOFs, Zr6O4(OH)8(H2O)4(CTTA)8/3 (BUT-12, H3CTTA = 5′-(4-carboxyphenyl)-2′,4′,6′-trimethyl-[1,1′:3′,1″-terphenyl]-4,4″-dicarboxylic acid) and Zr6O4(OH)8(H2O)4(TTNA)8/3 (BUT-13, H3TTNA = 6,6′,6″-(2,4,6-trimethylbenzene-1,3,5-triyl)tris(2-naphthoic acid)) with the the-a topological structure constructed by D4h 8-connected Zr6 clusters and D3h 3-connected linkers were designed and synthesized. The two MOFs are highly porous with the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area of 3387 and 3948 m2 g–1, respectively. Particularly, BUT-13 features one of the most porous water-stable MOFs reported so far. Interestingly, these MOFs ...

1,164 citations

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TL;DR: This work was supported by the Methane Opportunities for Vehicular Energy Program under the Award Number DE-AR0000249 and as part of the Center for Gas Separations Relevant to Clean Energy Technologies, an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Abstract: Nature Communications 5: Article number: 5723 (2014); Published: 4 December 2014; Updated: 5 February 2015 The financial support for this Article was not fully acknowledged. The Acknowledgements should have read: This work was supported as part of the Methane Opportunities for Vehicular Energy (MOVE) Program under the Award Number DE-AR0000249 and as part of the Center for Gas Separations Relevant to Clean Energy Technologies, an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) funded by the U.

819 citations

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TL;DR: A series of highly stable MOFs with 3-D nanochannels, namely PCN-224 (no metal, Ni, Co, Fe), have been assembled with six-connected Zr6 cluster and metalloporphyrins by a linker-elimination strategy.
Abstract: A series of highly stable MOFs with 3-D nanochannels, namely PCN-224 (no metal, Ni, Co, Fe), have been assembled with six-connected Zr6 cluster and metalloporphyrins by a linker-elimination strategy. The PCN-224 series not only exhibits the highest BET surface area (2600m2/g) among all the reported porphyrinic MOFs but also remains intact in pH = 0 to pH = 11 aqueous solution. Remarkably, PCN-224(Co) exhibits high catalytic activity for the CO2/propylene oxide coupling reaction and can be used as a recoverable heterogeneous catalyst.

785 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a highperforming electrode based on conductive hexaaminobenzene (HAB)-derived two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is reported.
Abstract: For miniaturized capacitive energy storage, volumetric and areal capacitances are more important metrics than gravimetric ones because of the constraints imposed by device volume and chip area. Typically used in commercial supercapacitors, porous carbons, although they provide a stable and reliable performance, lack volumetric performance because of their inherently low density and moderate capacitances. Here we report a high-performing electrode based on conductive hexaaminobenzene (HAB)-derived two-dimensional metal−organic frameworks (MOFs). In addition to possessing a high packing density and hierarchical porous structure, these MOFs also exhibit excellent chemical stability in both acidic and basic aqueous solutions, which is in sharp contrast to conventional MOFs. Submillimetre-thick pellets of HAB MOFs showed high volumetric capacitances up to 760 F cm−3 and high areal capacitances over 20 F cm−2. Furthermore, the HAB MOF electrodes exhibited highly reversible redox behaviours and good cycling stability with a capacitance retention of 90% after 12,000 cycles. These promising results demonstrate the potential of using redox-active conductive MOFs in energy-storage applications. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are attractive electrodes for supercapacitors but generally suffer from low electric conductivity and chemical stability. Here the authors report stable conductive MOFs based on hexaminobenzene linker with volumetric and areal capacitances in excess of 700 F per cm3 and 15 F per cm2, respectively.

671 citations


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30 Aug 2013-Science
TL;DR: Metal-organic frameworks are porous materials that have potential for applications such as gas storage and separation, as well as catalysis, and methods are being developed for making nanocrystals and supercrystals of MOFs for their incorporation into devices.
Abstract: Crystalline metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are formed by reticular synthesis, which creates strong bonds between inorganic and organic units. Careful selection of MOF constituents can yield crystals of ultrahigh porosity and high thermal and chemical stability. These characteristics allow the interior of MOFs to be chemically altered for use in gas separation, gas storage, and catalysis, among other applications. The precision commonly exercised in their chemical modification and the ability to expand their metrics without changing the underlying topology have not been achieved with other solids. MOFs whose chemical composition and shape of building units can be multiply varied within a particular structure already exist and may lead to materials that offer a synergistic combination of properties.

10,934 citations

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TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analysis of the chiral stationary phase transition of Na6(CO3)(SO4)2, a major component of the response of the immune system to Na2CO3.
Abstract: Ju Mei,†,‡,∥ Nelson L. C. Leung,†,‡,∥ Ryan T. K. Kwok,†,‡ Jacky W. Y. Lam,†,‡ and Ben Zhong Tang*,†,‡,§ †HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China ‡Department of Chemistry, HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Division of Biomedical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Guangdong Innovative Research Team, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

5,658 citations

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TL;DR: This review intends to provide an update of work published since then and focuses on the photoluminescence properties of MOFs and their possible utility in chemical and biological sensing and detection.
Abstract: Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a unique class of crystalline solids comprised of metal cations (or metal clusters) and organic ligands that have shown promise for a wide variety of applications Over the past 15 years, research and development of these materials have become one of the most intensely and extensively pursued areas A very interesting and well-investigated topic is their optical emission properties and related applications Several reviews have provided a comprehensive overview covering many aspects of the subject up to 2011 This review intends to provide an update of work published since then and focuses on the photoluminescence (PL) properties of MOFs and their possible utility in chemical and biological sensing and detection The spectrum of this review includes the origin of luminescence in MOFs, the advantages of luminescent MOF (LMOF) based sensors, general strategies in designing sensory materials, and examples of various applications in sensing and detection

3,485 citations

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TL;DR: This review discusses various nanomaterials that have been explored to mimic different kinds of enzymes and covers their kinetics, mechanisms and applications in numerous fields, from biosensing and immunoassays, to stem cell growth and pollutant removal.
Abstract: Over the past few decades, researchers have established artificial enzymes as highly stable and low-cost alternatives to natural enzymes in a wide range of applications. A variety of materials including cyclodextrins, metal complexes, porphyrins, polymers, dendrimers and biomolecules have been extensively explored to mimic the structures and functions of naturally occurring enzymes. Recently, some nanomaterials have been found to exhibit unexpected enzyme-like activities, and great advances have been made in this area due to the tremendous progress in nano-research and the unique characteristics of nanomaterials. To highlight the progress in the field of nanomaterial-based artificial enzymes (nanozymes), this review discusses various nanomaterials that have been explored to mimic different kinds of enzymes. We cover their kinetics, mechanisms and applications in numerous fields, from biosensing and immunoassays, to stem cell growth and pollutant removal. We also summarize several approaches to tune the activities of nanozymes. Finally, we make comparisons between nanozymes and other catalytic materials (other artificial enzymes, natural enzymes, organic catalysts and nanomaterial-based catalysts) and address the current challenges and future directions (302 references).

2,951 citations

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Jiewei Liu1, Lianfen Chen1, Hao Cui1, Jianyong Zhang1, Li Zhang1, Cheng-Yong Su1 
TL;DR: This review summarizes the use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a versatile supramolecular platform to develop heterogeneous catalysts for a variety of organic reactions, especially for liquid-phase reactions.
Abstract: This review summarizes the use of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as a versatile supramolecular platform to develop heterogeneous catalysts for a variety of organic reactions, especially for liquid-phase reactions. Following a background introduction about catalytic relevance to various metal–organic materials, crystal engineering of MOFs, characterization and evaluation methods of MOF catalysis, we categorize catalytic MOFs based on the types of active sites, including coordinatively unsaturated metal sites (CUMs), metalloligands, functional organic sites (FOS), as well as metal nanoparticles (MNPs) embedded in the cavities. Throughout the review, we emphasize the incidental or deliberate formation of active sites, the stability, heterogeneity and shape/size selectivity for MOF catalysis. Finally, we briefly introduce their relevance into photo- and biomimetic catalysis, and compare MOFs with other typical porous solids such as zeolites and mesoporous silica with regard to their different attributes, and provide our view on future trends and developments in MOF-based catalysis.

2,418 citations