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Electrophoretic Crystallization of Ultrathin High-performance Metal-organic Framework Membranes
Published on: August 16, 2018
Gas promotes the crystallization of nano-sized metal-organic frameworks in ionic liquid
Chengcheng Liu1, Bingxing Zhang, Jianling Zhang
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. zhangjl@iccas.ac.cn.
Abstract:
Herein it was found that gas can be utilized as an activator to promote metal-organic framework (MOF) crystallization in IL at room temperature. The ultra-small MOF nanoparticles were obtained, and their size and porosity properties can be easily modulated by controlling gas pressure. The as-synthesized nano-sized Cu-MOF is an excellent candidate catalyst for the solvent-free oxidation of cyclohexene with oxygen.
