Issue 78, 2016
From the journal:

Chemical Communications

Defect-induced ripening of zeolitic-imidazolate framework ZIF-8 and its implication to vapor-phase membrane synthesis†

Hyuk Taek Kwon,a   Hae-Kwon Jeong,*ab   Albert S. Lee,c   He Seong An,de   Taehee Lee,e   Eunhee Jang,e   Jong Suk Leef  and  Jungkyu Choieg  

* Corresponding authors

a Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA
E-mail: hjeong@tamu.edu

b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA

c Materials Architecturing Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

d Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

e Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-Ro, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea

f Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

g Green School, Korea University, 145 Anam-Ro, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea

Abstract

We report for the first time that ZIF-8 crystals undergo an Ostwald-ripening-like process without degradation in the presence of a ligand vapor. The ripening process is dependent on the defect density of the crystals: the more defective the more amenable to the ripening. The process was adapted to synthesize ultra-thin ZIF-8 membranes by vapor-phase secondary growth.

Graphical abstract: Defect-induced ripening of zeolitic-imidazolate framework ZIF-8 and its implication to vapor-phase membrane synthesis

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Supplementary files

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC05433A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jun 2016
Accepted
31 Aug 2016
First published
31 Aug 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 11669-11672

Permissions

Request permissions

Defect-induced ripening of zeolitic-imidazolate framework ZIF-8 and its implication to vapor-phase membrane synthesis

H. T. Kwon, H. Jeong, A. S. Lee, H. S. An, T. Lee, E. Jang, J. S. Lee and J. Choi, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 11669 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC05433A

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements