Metal-organic Framework Molecular Trap (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Metal-organic Framework Molecular Trap

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The process of activating a metal-organic framework molecular trap with a tertiary amine (step #1), capturing radioactive methyl iodide (step #2) and recycling a trap by treating it with acid (step #3).

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Benjamin Deibert/Rutgers University-New Brunswick

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