research

Our current research interest is focused on the synthesis of advanced materials belonging to a class of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). A metal-organic framework is a coordination polymer with an open framework containing potential voids. Metal-organic frameworks contain metal centers or their clusters that are linked into extended structures by bridging organic ligands. Applications of MOFs are largely a consequence of their porosity and include areas such as: gas storage and separation, CO2 capture, catalysis, sensing, energy storage and conversion (e.g. batteries, capacitors, fuel cells), drug delivery.

Research projects on MOFs run by Dariusz Matoga (PI), financially supported by the National Science Centre (NCN) in Poland:
  • Mixed-linker MOFs for chemosensors with photoluminescent and electrical response NCN OPUS18 (2020-2024)
  • In search of proton-conducting MOFs with mechanochemical approach NCN OPUS9 (2016-2021)
  • Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on polytopic hydrazone ligands: synthesis, structure and physicochemical properties NCN OPUS4 (2013-2016)
Satellite projects of our PhD students:
  • Multifunctional metal-organic frameworks based on hydrazone or tetrazine linkers: synthesis and applications (2019-2023), funded by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Damian Jędrzejowski: DIAMOND GRANT programme; supervisor: Dariusz Matoga)
  • Synthesis of Zn- and Cd-MOFs including mixed linkers from the group of acylhydrazones and dicarboxylates NCN ETIUDA6 (2018-2019), Kornel Roztocki
Numerous synthetic and analytical techniques (available either in our lab or in the cooperation with other research groups) are used in the projects. Major techniques include:
- mechanochemical and solvent-based syntheses, 'building-block' and self-assembly approach, 'metalloligand' concept, de novo and post-synthetic approaches
- elemental analysis, molecular spectroscopy (IR, Raman, ESR, NMR), X-ray diffraction (single-crystal, powder)
- TG/QMS analysis, adsorption measurements, in situ diffraction and spectroscopic methods; cyclic voltammetry; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), SEM/TEM analysis


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