Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
5 years ago

A Fast and Scalable Approach for Synthesis of Hierarchical Porous Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks and One-Pot Encapsulation of Target Molecules

A Fast and Scalable Approach for Synthesis of Hierarchical Porous Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks and One-Pot Encapsulation of Target Molecules
Xiaodong Zou, Ahmed M. El-Zohry, Zhehao Huang, Hani Nasser Abdelhamid, Haoquan Zheng
A trimethylamine (TEA)-assisted synthesis approach that combines the preparation of hierarchical porous ZIF-8 nanoparticles and one-pot encapsulation of target molecules is presented. The in situ formation of ZnO nanocrystals promoted by TEA leads to simple, fast, and scalable synthesis of hierarchical porous RhB@ZIF-8 (RhB: rhodamine B). The dye molecules encapsulated in the ZIF-8 nanoparticles show improved photophysical properties. The method can be extended for encapsulation of proteins and for synthesis of Co-based zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs).

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01191

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01191

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