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Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed severe threats to human health, public safety, and the global economy. Metal nutrient elements can directly or indirectly take part in human immune responses, and metal-related drugs have served as antiviral drugs and/or enzyme inhibitors for many years, providing potential solutions to the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Metal-based drugs are currently under a variety of chemical structures and exhibit wide-range bioactivities, demonstrating irreplaceable advantages in pharmacology. This review is an intention to summarize recent progress in the prevention and treatment strategies against COVID-19 from the perspective of metal pharmacology. The current and potential utilization of metal-based drugs is briefly introduced. Specifically, metallohydrogels that have been shown to present superior antiviral activities are stressed in the paper as potential drugs for the treatment of COVID-19.
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In this study, we present the first case of applying the MOF+ technique for in situ preparation of a hybrid material, namely, Zn-MOF-74@ (Pd@Fe2O3). This as-synthesized material can well maintain both the integrity of the framework and porosity. Notably, Zn-MOF-74@(Pd@Fe2O3) exhibits outstanding catalytic performance in the hydrogenation reaction of alkene and semihydrogenation reaction of phenylacetylene, thus providing a new guideline for the design of MOF-based hybrid materials for catalytic purpose.
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In this work, we found that the open-metal site in a metal-organic framework (MOF) can be used to enhance such selectivity. Hydrogenation of phenylacetylene over such a catalyst enables ultrahigh styrene selectivity of 92% at full conversion with a turnover frequency of 98.1 h-1. The origin of ultrahigh selectivity, as unveiled by density functional theory calculation, is due to a coordination interaction between the open Zn(II) site and the C≡C bond of phenylacetylene.
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In this work, we designed a hybrid catalyst composed of a metal-organic framework (MOF), Pt nanoparticles (NPs), and ferric oxide, namely, Co-MOF-74@(Pt@Fe2O3), which enables not only high turnover frequencies of up to 245.7 h-1 but also ultrahigh 100% selectivity toward cinnamyl alcohol in the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde under mild conditions. This excellent performance is attributed to the fact that such a hybrid catalyst enables not only strong steric constraint to provide the favored CâO adsorption of cinnamaldehyde but also strong metal-support interaction to lower the electron density of Pt NPs.
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We present here the first use of a photoassisted multicomponent postsynthetic modification method to anchor a ZIF-90 scaffold with a pyrimidinethione fragment. The resultant materials, namely, ZIF-90-THP and ZIF-90-THF, show ultrahigh Hg(II) adsorption capacity values of up to 596 and 403 mg/g, respectively, relative to the pristine ZIF-90, which just affords a corresponding value of 47 mg/g, suggesting a 12.7- and 8.6-fold enhancement in the Hg(II) adsorption capacity.
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Pores are the most ubiquitous moieties in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Based on pore, the MOFs can thus communicate with various guest molecules, leading to many important applications such as storage, separation, and catalysis. However, its abundant surface, presenting another basic component, is often ignored. This is primarily due to the intrinsic stability of surface atoms of MOFs towards external surroundings, or an opposite status of badly destroying the structure of MOFs. In this concept article, we present a novel MOF+ technique, which is a complete surface technique. The design, mechanism, applications, challenges and perspectives are discussed in detail.
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Different from the established crystal engineering method for enhancing gas-separation performance, we demonstrate herein a distinct approach. In contrast to the pristine MOF (metal-organic framework) material, the C2H2/CO2 separation ability for the resultant Ag NPs (nanoparticle)@Fe2O3@MOF composite material, estimated from breakthrough calculations, is greatly enhanced by 2 times, and further magnified up to 3 times under visible light irradiation.
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A significant synergic effect between a metal-organic framework (MOF) and Fe2 SO4 , the so-called MOF+ technique, is exploited for the first time to remove toxic chromate from aqueous solutions. The results show that relative to the pristine MOF samples (no detectable chromate removal), the MOF+ method enables super performance, giving a 796â Crâ mg g-1 adsorption capacity. The value is almost eight-fold higher than the best value of established MOF adsorbents, and the highest value of all reported porous adsorbents for such use. The adsorption mechanism, unlike the anion-exchange process that dominates chromate removal in all other MOF adsorbents, as unveiled by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), is due to the surface formation of Fe0.75 Cr0.25 (OH)3 nanospheres on the MOF samples.
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The first MOF (metal-organic framework) built on both diarylethene and azobenzene photochromic units is reported here and displays distinct photoresponses for different guest molecules, thus creating an easy-to-use pathway to modulate the adsorption selectivity of MOF materials.
