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Metal–organic frameworks

Breaking bad chemicals down

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A metal–organic framework with large pores catalytically destroys chemical warfare agents.

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Figure 1: A British S10 respirator with a replaceable charcoal canister shown on the right.
Figure 2: The Lewis acidic Zr4+ centres in NU-1000 provide a low-energy pathway for the decomposition of a structurally simplified analogue of the nerve agent soman by activation of the molecule through coordination of the P=O bond.

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  1. Matthew J. Rosseinsky is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK,

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  2. Martin W. Smith and Christopher M. Timperley are in the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JQ, UK,

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