US Patent Issued to BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY on Jan. 20 for "Layered metal-organic framework material and preparation method and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,831, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Beijing).

"Layered metal-organic framework material and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Jianrong Li (Beijing) and Guangrui Si (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layered metal-organic framework (MOF) material and a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The layered MOF material has a chemical formula of [Zr6(Mu3-O)4(Mu3-OH)4(OH)4(H2O)4(HPCDA)4], where the organic ligand (H3PCDA) is 4,4'-(9-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-9H-carbazol-3,6-diyl)dibenzoic acid. The MOF is synthesized as follows: under closed conditions, the organic ligand 4,4'...