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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks MOFs
Published on: January 17, 2020
Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Nanorods, Nanotubes, and Nanowires
Roberto C Arbulu1, Ying-Bing Jiang2, Eric J Peterson3
1Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2060, 1 UNM, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
Abstract:
New mechanisms for the controlled growth of one-dimensional (1D) metal-organic framework (MOF) nano- and superstructures under size-confinement and surface-directing effects have been discovered. Through applying interfacial synthesis templated by track-etched polycarbonate (PCTE) membranes, congruent polycrystalline zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) solid nanorods and hollow nanotubes were found to form within 100 nm membrane pores, while single crystalline ZIF-8 nanowires grew inside 30 nm pores, all of which possess large aspect ratios up to 60 and show preferential crystal orientation with the {100} planes aligned parallel to the long axis of the pore. Our findings provide a generalizable method for controlling size, morphology, and lattice orientation of MOF nanomaterials.
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