In-situ assembled ZIF superstructures via an emulsion-free softTemplating approach

by N. Singh, S. Ahmed, A. Fakim, S. Qutub, O. Alahmed, O. El Tall, O. Shekhah, M. Eddaoudi, N.M. Khashab
Year: 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC04513F

Bibliography

N. Singh, S. Ahmed, A. Fakim, S. Qutub, O. Alahmed, O. El Tall, O. Shekhah, M. Eddaoudi, N.M. Khashab. In-situ assembled ZIF superstructures via an emulsion-free softTemplating approach. Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript

Abstract

Assembling well-defined MOF superstructures remains challenging as it requires easily removable hard templates or readily available immiscible solutions for an emulsion-based soft-template approach. In this work, a single-step emulsion-free soft templating approach is reported to spontaneously prepare hollow ZIF-8 and ZIF-67 colloidosomes with no further purification. These superstructures can load different enzymes regardless of size and charge with high encapsulation efficiency of 99%. We envisage that this work will expand the repertoires of MOF superstructures by the judicious selection of the precursors and the reaction medium.

Keywords

MOFs Superstructures ZIF-8 ZIF-67