Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured metal-organic frameworks functionalized with Thymus plant extract

Metal organic frameworks (MOF) are porous crystalline soft-materials, which are made by connecting metal ions or clusters to organic ligands. In this research, we prepared an iron-based MOF from readily-available and versatile starting materials. Then, Thymus plant extract was used for post surface modification of this MOF. Thymus is an organic compound and can potentially be coordinated with transition metal ions to construct metal-polyphenol structures. The Thymus plant extract-functionalized MOF was characterized by various spectroscopic and microscopic techniques such as Fourier transforms infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-EM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). These results were revealed that the pristine structure was remained intact after the modification.

Keywords:

Nanostructured metal-organic frameworks , Green synthesis , Thymus plant extract , Characterization , MIL-۱۰۱ , Functionalized MOF