Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having inorganic nodes that comprise an octahedral Hf.sub.6 cluster capped by eight .sub.3-ligands and having twelve octahedral edges, wherein the .sub.3-ligands are hydroxo ligands, oxo ligands or aquo ligands; and organic linkers connecting the organic nodes, the organic linkers comprising 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-benzoic acid)pyrene units; wherein eight of the twelve octahedral edges of the inorganic nodes are connected to the 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-benzoic acid)pyrene units are provided.

A process for preparing transition metal carbonates with a mean particle diameter in the range from 6 to 19 m (D50), which comprises combining, in a stirred vessel, at least one solution of at least one transition metal salt with at least one solution of at least one alkali metal carbonate or alkali metal hydrogencarbonate to prepare an aqueous suspension of transition metal carbonate, and, in at least one further compartment, continuously introducing a mechanical power in the range from 50 to 10 000 W/l in a proportion of the suspension in each case, based on the proportion of the suspension, and then recycling the proportion into the stirred vessel.

An apparatus for producing metal organic frameworks, comprising: a tubular flow reactor comprising a tubular body into which, in use, precursor compounds which form the metal organic framework are fed and flow, said tubular body including at least one annular loop.

The present invention relates to sorbants such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), porous aromatic frameworks (PAFs) or porous polymer networks (PPNs) for separations of gases or liquids, gas storage, cooling, and heating applications, including, but not limited to, adsorption chillers.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and method of using the MOFs to catalyze reactions involving epoxide ring-opening mechanisms are provided. The structure of the MOFs can be represented by the formula: M.sub.6(.sub.3-ligand).sub.8(OH.sub.x).sub.8(TBAPy).sub.2, where M is Zr or Hf, the ligands are selected from hydroxo-, oxo- and aquo-ligands, and x is independently selected from 1 or 2.

The present disclosure provides a quantum dot ligand, a quantum dot-ligand system and a quantum dot material, belonging to the field of display technology. The quantum dot ligand includes an X group, a Y group and a Z group. The Y group is configured to provide at least two binding sites, among which at least one binding site is configured to bind with the X group, and the remaining binding site is configured to bind with the Z group. The X group is a coordination group configured to form a coordination bond with a surface of a quantum dot. The Z group is a saturated 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic group containing O or S.

Metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) are highly porous entities comprising a multidentate organic ligand coordinated to multiple metal centers, typically as a coordination polymer. MOFs may comprise a plurality of metal centers, and a multidentate organic ligand coordinated via at least two binding sites to the plurality of metal centers to define an at least partially crystalline network structure having a plurality of internal pores, and in which the multidentate organic ligand comprises first and second binding sites bridged together with a third binding site comprising a diimine moiety. The multidentate organic ligand may comprise a reaction product of a vicinal dicarbonyl compound and an amine-substituted salicylic acid to define the first, second and third binding sites. Particular MOFs may comprise 5,59-(((1E,2E)-ethane-1,2-diylidene)bis-(azaneylylidene))bis(2-hydroxybenzoic acid) as a multidentate organic ligand.

A scintillating material, preparation method and use thereof are provided. The chemical formula of the scintillating material is C.sub.42H.sub.42X.sub.2MnO.sub.2P.sub.2, wherein X is selected from a group consisting of Cl and Br. The scintillating material has excellent X-ray scintillation performance and sensitive X-ray detection capability, and the detection limit of the scintillating material is far lower than the conventional medical diagnosis dose criterion of 5.50 ?Gy.sub.air/s. Compared with existing commercial scintillating materials, the scintillating material of the present application has remarkable superiority in performance, overcomes the defects of heavy metal pollution, high energy consumption and the like caused in the synthesis process of the scintillating material, and has important commercial application value in the field of green synthesis of high-performance scintillating materials.

Disclosed are pulverulent compositions of a complex between an acid and a metal, having a high organosulfur compound content, and method for preparing same.

Disclosed are a hybrid dialkylphosphinic acid salt, and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The hybrid dialkylphosphinic acid salt is at least one of compounds represented by Formula (I). The hybrid dialkylphosphinic acid salt of Formula (I) provided herein features a low required loading level, high flame retardant efficiency for various polymers, and high economic efficiency. The present invention overcomes the disadvantage of low flame retardant efficiency of diethylphosphinate in polymers as well as high volatility and low flame retardant efficiency for polyesters of diisobutylphosphinate. The hybrid dialkylphosphinate salt of Formula (I) can be widely applied to flame retardant polymers which require high-temperature processing.