Enhancing the Catalytic Activity in the Solid State: Metal-Organic Frameworks to the Rescue

Aaron W Peters¹, Zhanyong Li¹, Omar K Farha^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
² Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

Aaron W Peters et al. ACS Cent Sci. 2017.

. 2017 May 24;3(5):367-368.

doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00161. Epub 2017 Apr 25.

Aaron W Peters¹, Zhanyong Li¹, Omar K Farha^{1

2}

¹ Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
² Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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