Nanotechnology and metal-organic frameworks for carbon capture

reenhouse gases and global warming have become household terms in recent years and most of us are familiar with the threats they pose.Of the several greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and fluorinated gases, such as sulphur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), are of most interest.Greenhouse gases are emitted when burning fuel for power or heat, during chemical reactions, or during animal agriculture, among other sources. Personal Response How easy is to produce ZIFs at commercial scale for industrial applications?When materials such as MOFs and ZIFs were first developed and introduced, the production costs were very high.Therefore, zeolites which had been around for much longer and could be found in nature had always had the edge over MOFs and ZIFs in various applications.Despite the high production cost of MOFs and ZIF at first, years of collaborative research and development improved the efficiency of the production of these materials.One of the most studied MOFs (MOF-5) is now being produced on an industrial scale at a very comparable costs to zeolites.Similarly for ZIFs, as long as scientists and engineers work together, low costs, efficient and large scale production will be possible.