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  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemical Engineering

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  • Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer tunable properties for diverse applications.
  • Controlling MOF morphology and achieving high material loading are critical for industrial scalability.
  • Existing methods for MOF fabrication can be complex and difficult to scale.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a scalable self-assembly technology for fabricating MOF materials.
  • To create millimeter-scale MOF spheres with a honeycomb internal structure.
  • To achieve high loading of ZIF-8 within the MOF structure using a chitosan matrix.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a self-assembly approach to form MOF materials.
  • Incorporated ZIF-8 into a chitosan (CS) matrix through solidification.
  • Controlled the process to achieve millimeter-scale spherical morphologies.

Main Results:

  • Successfully fabricated MOF materials with a honeycomb internal structure.
  • Achieved a high ZIF-8 loading of up to 83 wt% within the chitosan matrix.
  • Demonstrated the ability to shape MOFs into millimeter-scale spheres.

Conclusions:

  • The developed self-assembly technology is effective for producing MOF spheres with high ZIF-8 loading.
  • This method offers a transformative pathway for the industrial manufacturing of nanomaterials.
  • The approach is versatile and can be extended to other MOF morphologies and crystal types.