MagnifiCOF - Shaping Covalent Organic Frameworks for Industrial Applications

Project description

Enhancing techniques that allow promising porous materials to unleash their potential

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to covalent organic frameworks (COFs). One of the most important emerging members of crystalline porous polymers, these highly ordered structures are made from molecular organic building blocks joined with reversible covalent bonds. This highly tuneable architecture leads to tremendous functionality. In addition, under a microscope, COFs resemble golf balls: they have lots of little caverns (perfect for "capturing" other molecules) that significantly increase surface area (enhancing the opportunities for interactions and chemical reactions). Taken together, these characteristics have generated demand for COFs in applications ranging from catalysis and gas adsorption/separation to optoelectricity. The EU-funded MagnifiCOF project is enhancing their processability to enable scientists and engineers to harness their full potential.

Field of science

• /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.2.1. - FET Open

Topic(s)

• FETOPEN-03-2018-2019-2020 - FET Innovation Launchpad

Call for proposal

H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-03
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Funding Scheme

CSA - Coordination and support action

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA

Address

Barrio Sarriena S N
48940 Leioa
Spain

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 100 000