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  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemical Engineering

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  • Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) exhibit significant potential across diverse applications including gas separation, biomedicine, sensing, and printing.
  • A major limitation for COF utilization is their poor solubility in common solvents, hindering practical implementation.
  • Developing processable COFs is crucial for unlocking their full application spectrum.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a facile top-down method for creating solution-processable covalent organic frameworks.
  • To enable the fabrication of COF-based inks for direct surface printing applications.
  • To elucidate the interactions responsible for COF dispersibility in ionic liquids.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing ionic liquids, specifically 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium bromide, to achieve COF dispersion.
  • Employing heat treatment to homogenize bulk COF powders in ionic liquids, forming stable colloids.
  • Characterizing the resulting COF colloids for ink formulation and printing.
  • Conducting molecular dynamics and quantum mechanical calculations to understand interaction mechanisms.

Main Results:

  • Successfully dispersed imine-linked, azine-linked, and β-ketoenamine linked COFs in an ionic liquid.
  • Created high-concentration COF colloids that can be formulated into printable inks.
  • Demonstrated direct printing of COF materials onto surfaces using the developed inks.
  • Computational studies indicated that C‒H···π and π-π interactions between ionic liquid cations and COFs facilitate colloidal solution formation.

Conclusions:

  • A convenient top-down approach has been established for producing solution-processable covalent organic frameworks.
  • The developed method overcomes the processability challenges of COFs, paving the way for their practical application.
  • This work provides a scalable strategy for fabricating COF inks, enabling advanced material printing and device fabrication.