following a hydrothermal synthesis procedure:24 (link) 0.70 g of CrCl3·6H2O (≤ 98%, Sigma
Aldrich) and 0.45 g of terephthalic acid (98%, Sigma Aldrich) in 26
mL of deionized water. The obtained solution was heated at 180 °C
for 30 min in a microwave (Anton Paar, Multiwave 3000). The synthesized
nanocrystals were activated as follows: first, they were washed and
centrifuged at 10,000 rpm for 15 min with deionized water. Second,
the MOF NPs were treated with DMF (99.5%, Scharlau) at 200 °C
for 24 h. Finally, they were washed overnight with methanol (99.9%,
Scharlau) at 70 °C with two stages of washing and centrifugation
at 10,000 rpm for 15 min with methanol.