High-throughput screening of solid-state catalysts for nerve agent degradation

Abstract

A high-throughput screening (HTS) method was devised to increase the rate of discovery and evaluation of nerve agent degradation catalysts. Using this HTS method, >90 solid state materials, predominantly metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), were analyzed for their ability to hydrolyze the nerve agent simulant methyl paraoxon at two pH values (8.0 and 10.0).