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Adsorption Device Based on a Langatate Crystal Microbalance for High Temperature High Pressure Gas Adsorption in Zeolite H-ZSM-5
Published on: August 25, 2016
Self-crystallization of uniformly oriented zeolitic imidazolate framework films at air-water interfaces
Jingyi Su1, Wufeng Wu1, Zhanjun Li1
1School of Environment and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China. gandeylin@126.com.
Abstract:
Gas-liquid interfaces with unique physicochemical properties have great potential for the self-assembly of many materials. Herein, a concept of the autonomous self-crystallization of MOF films at air-water interfaces is reported. The free-standing ZIF-8 films with a large area of about 20 cm2 can be preferentially assembled only at the water surface. Under the influence of the atomically well-defined and amphiphilic interface on anisotropically polar linkers, the thus-prepared ZIF-8 films exhibit highly out-of-plane orientation and smooth-rough Janus crystalline facets.
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