Inclusion and release of ant alarm pheromones from metal-organic frameworks.
Harina Amer HamzahDaniel RixsonJoseph Paul-TaylorHuan V DoanChristopher DadswellGavin W RoffeArun Srikanth SridharClaire L HobdayCharlie WeddTina DürenWilliam O H HughesJohn SpencerAndrew D BurrowsPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2021)
Zinc(ii) and zirconium(iv) metal-organic frameworks show uptake and slow release of the ant alarm pheromones 3-octanone and 4-methyl-3-heptanone. Inclusion of N-propyl groups on the MOFs allows for enhanced uptake and release over several months. In preliminary field trials, leaf cutting ants show normal behavioural responses to the released pheromones.
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