{"id":24732,"date":"2024-09-01T01:56:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T20:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24732"},"modified":"2025-04-07T12:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T07:17:55","slug":"metal-organic-frameworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/metal-organic-frameworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal-Organic Frameworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Metal-organic framework:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These are uniform <strong>structured porous materials<\/strong> suitable for solid-phase extraction.<\/li>\n<li>These are the multifunctional coordination polymers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are 2-dimensional (2D) materials?<\/strong> These are a class of nanomaterials defined by their typical and unique property of being hardly one- or two-atom thick.<\/li>\n<li>The MOFs and 2D materials possess several unique features that should project them as better alternatives as sensors, than other nanomaterials.<\/li>\n<li>Both MOFs and 2D class of materials are known for their <strong>large surface area, functionality<\/strong>, and optoelectronic properties.<\/li>\n<li>They also have a wide range of synthesis methods and can be developed into disposable electrodes, optical kits, fiber optic sensors, colorimetric strips, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>To develop electrochemical and optical sensors for different analytes, such as <strong>bacteria, Aflatoxins, and heavy metals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It can be used for rapid and convenient detection of several health, food quality, and environmental parameters.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>These are also useful for analyzing food toxins such as <strong>Aflatoxins and Zearaloene<\/strong> in water, milk and staple food samples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Nanotechnology?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the study and manipulation of matter at dimensions ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena allow for novel applications. Nanomaterials enable lighter, stronger, and more functional materials while nanoelectronics power faster, smaller computing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2050175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Novel nano polymers pave way for low-cost, efficient sensors<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metal-organic frameworks are uniform structured porous materials suitable for solid-phase extraction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}