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Thiophenes Incorporated into Covalent Organic Frameworks
Name: McKee,
Advisor: Kathryn Allen
Department: CHEM
Award: Neimeyer Hodgson
Abstract: Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) are vast, complex macromolecular structures that are porous. This makes them an easier, cost-efficient way to capture hazardous gases (i.e. carbon dioxide or nitrogen oxides). Our project intends to incorporate thiophenes into COFs, which renders the pores polar. When spirobifluorenes are added, it also helps make the structure sturdy because of its rigidity. We will use NMR and IR instruments at Millersville University to help identify the compounds we will use to make the COFs. Our collaborators at John Hopkins University will help us analyze the actual COFs with something called X-Ray Diffraction. After we analyze these new COFs, we will publish our findings in a peer-reviewed journal.