Adsorption and Decomposition of Chemical Warfare Agents by Metal-Organic Framework

With the discovery of chemical weapons, mankind has faced a great threat. The fact that these weapons caused mass human deaths and were relatively easy to develop made the countries obliged to take precautions in this regard. During World War I, nearly 2 million people died due to chemical weapons. Nerve agents started to be used in making chemical weapons before World War II began. Thus, the threat of chemical weapons on humanity has reached a much more critical point. Especially the development of chemical weapons and the production of nervous agents increased during World War II and during the cold war. Chemical weapons developed by the countries started to fall into the hands of terrorist groups. Sarin gas was used in the terrorist attack that took place in Matsumoto, Japan in 1994. This incident went down in history as the first terrorist attack in which sarin gas was used. These events show how critical it is to take action against chemical warfare agents. The first method of protection from the toxic effects of chemical warfare agents is to destroy the toxic effects by breaking down chemical warfare agents. In this study, the metal organic frames used for this purpose in recent years will be mentioned.