%0 Journal Article
%T Exploiting Microwave Chemistry for Activation of Metal-Organic Frameworks.
%A Lee EJ
%A Bae J
%A Choi KM
%A Jeong NC
%J ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
%V 11
%N 38
%D Sep 2019 25
%M 31483139
%F 10.383
%R 10.1021/acsami.9b12201
%X Microwave is thought of as a useful electromagnetic radiation tool because it is often used in real life as well as in a variety of chemical processes. Meanwhile, activation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which must be essentially done to remove coordinating and pore-filling solvents before the use of MOFs for various applications, has been performed commonly with the methods of heat supply or solvent exchange. Here, we show a new methodological microwave activation (MA), realizing it with various MOFs such as HKUST-1, UiO-66, and MOF-74s. For instance, microwave irradiation to the MOF samples for 4-35 min leads to the complete activation of the MOFs without structural damage. As described below, we further demonstrate that the solvent-assisted MA, which is the MA process performed after the solvent exchange, can substantially reduce the time for the activation by 4 min.