Creation and Development of MOF Motors

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25620056
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Functional solid state chemistry
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: UEMURA Takashi 京都大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (50346079)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 多孔性金属錯体 / ペプチド / モーター

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A newly developed DPA peptide-MOF swimmer with the HKUST-1 as a MOF motor, which can release the DPA peptides without the destruction of the framework via water exchange in pores for the creation of high surface tension gradient robustly. Due to this new DPA releasing scheme, the MOF can be recycled by refilling DPAs after one cycle of power generation is completed. Because of this improvement, the DPA-HKUST-1 swimming system can self-power the rotation of the macroscopic rotor for the generation of electric power.

Free Research Field

錯体化学　生物化学