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Layer-by-layer Synthesis and Transfer of Freestanding Conjugated Microporous Polymer Nanomembranes
Published on: December 15, 2015
Successful implementation of the stepwise layer-by-layer growth of MOF thin films on confined surfaces: mesoporous
Osama Shekhah1, Liling Fu, Rachid Sougrat
1KAUST Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|October 24, 2012
Abstract:
Here we report the successful growth of highly crystalline homogeneous MOF thin films of HKUST-1 and ZIF-8 on mesoporous silica foam, by employing a layer-by-layer (LBL) method. The ability to control and direct the growth of MOF thin films on confined surfaces, using the stepwise LBL method, paves the way for new prospective applications of such hybrid systems.
