Adsorptive Capacity, Inhibitory Activity and Processing Techniques for a Copper-MOF Based on the 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate Ligand Echenique-Errandonea, Estitxu Rojas Macías, Sara Abdelkader Fernández, Víctor Karim Pérez Mendoza, Manuel José Delgado López, José Manuel Rodríguez Diéguez, Antonio Metal-organic frameworks Material processing Adsorption capacity Antibacterial activity Supplementary Materials: The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/molecules27228073/s1 Acknowledgments: E.E. is grateful to the Government of the Basque Country for the predoctoral fellowship and R.F.M for the Junior Research Position CEECIND/ 00553/2017. S.R. acknowledges the Juan de la Cierva Incorporación Fellowship (grant agreement no. IJC2019-038894-I). The authors thank for technical and human support provided by SGIker of UPV/EHU and European funding (ERDF and ESF) and also wish to acknowledge the terrific help of all reviewers of the present manuscript, whose comments helped to improve the quality of the work. Funding: This work was developed within the scope of the projects given by the University of the Basque Country (GIU 20/028 Junta de Andalucía (B-FQM-734-UGR20, ProyExcel_00386 and FQM-394), the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE) (PGC2018-102052-B-C21) and the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020 and UIDP/50011/2020). Due to the fast, emerging development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the need for novel, efficient routes to battle these pathogens is crucial; in this scenario, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for combating them effectively. Herein, a novel Cu-MOF—namely 1—that displays the formula [Cu3L2(DMF)2]n (DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide) is described, synthesized by the combination of copper(II) and 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (H3L)—both having well-known antibacterial properties. The resulting three-dimensional structure motivated us to study the antibacterial activity, adsorptive capacity and processability of the MOF in the form of pellets and membranes as a proof-of-concept to evaluate its future application in devices. 2022-12-07T13:19:54Z 2022-12-07T13:19:54Z 2022-11-21 journal article Echenique-Errandonea, E.; Rojas, S.; Abdelkader-Fernández, V.K.; Pérez-Mendoza, M.; Mendes, R.F.; Barbosa, P.; Figueiredo, F.; Figueira, F.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Delgado-López, J.M.; et al. Adsorptive Capacity, Inhibitory Activity and Processing Techniques for a Copper-MOF Based on the 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate Ligand. Molecules 2022, 27, 8073. [https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27228073] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/78342 10.3390/molecules27228073 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI