II. MATERIALS & METHODS 3 2.1 Materials 3 2.2 Synthesis of HKUST-1 Single crystal 3 2.3 Synthesis of HKUST-1 4 2.4 Synthesis of Cu-MOF-2 4 2.5 Synthesis of Zn-MOF-2 4 2.6 TA of HKUST-1, Cu-MOF-2, and Zn-MOF-2 5 2.7 Preparation of MeOH-HK, EtOH-HK, and DMF-HK 5 2.8 Sample preparation for 1H NMR measurements 5 2.9 Sample preparation for Raman spectra measurements 5 2.10 Sample preparation for the measurement of UV-vis absorption spectra 5 2.11 Instrumentation 6
III. RESULTS & DISCUSSION 7 3.1 Scheme of laser activation (LA) method 7 3.2 Mechanism of laser activation pathway for HKUST-1, MOF-2(Cu), and MOF-2(Zn) 8 3.3 Sample preparation of 1H NMR spectra, PXRD patterns, and Raman spectra of MeOH-HKUST-1, EtOH-HKUST-1, and DMF-HKUST-1 9 3.4.1 Raman measurement for change of Cu-Cu vibration peak of MeOH-HKUST-1 to 532-nm-laser irradiation 12 3.4.2 Raman measurement for change of Cu-Cu vibration peak of EtOH-HKUST-1 to 532-nm-laser irradiation 13 3.4.3 Raman measurement for change of Cu-O vibration peak of DMF-HKUST-1 to 532-nm-laser irradiation 14 3.5 Raman measurement for change of Cu-Cu vibration peak of a HKUST-1 sample wet in MeOH to 532-nm-laser irradiation 15 3.6.1 Optical Microscope and SEM images of large and small HKUST-1 crystals 16 3.6.2 Raman measurement for change of Cu-Cu vibration peak of small crystals of MeOH-HKUST-1 to 532-nm-laser irradiation 17 3.7 Diffuse-Reflectance UV-vis absorption spectra of HKUST-1, MOF-2(Cu), and MOF-2(Zn) 18 3.8.1 1H NMR and PXRD Results for Thermally Activated MOF-2 (Cu), (Zn). 19 3.8.2 Raman measurement for change of Cu-Cu vibration peak of Thermally Activated MOF-2 (Cu), (Zn) to 532-nm-laser irradiation 21 3.8.3 Raman measurement for change of Cu-Cu vibration peak of Pristine-MOF-2 (Cu), (Zn) to 532-nm-laser irradiation 22 3.8.4 Raman measurement for change of Cu-Cu vibration peak of Pristine-MOF-2 (Zn) to 780-nm-laser irradiation 23 3.9.1 Raman measurement for change of Cu-O vibration peak of MeOH-HKUST-1 to 532-nm-laser irradiation 24 3.9.2 Raman measurement for change of Cu-O vibration peak of EtOH-HKUST-1 to 532-nm-laser irradiation 25 3.9.3 Raman measurement for change of Cu-O vibration peak of DMF-HKUST-1 to 532-nm-laser irradiation 26
IV. CONCLUSIONS 27 V. REFERENCES 28 VI. SUMMARY 33