Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 26, Issue 18, Pages 14636-14641Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la102409e
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [CBET-0930079, EEC0552655]
- American Chemical Society [DNI-08-0831]
- CONACYT
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [0930079] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are hybrid organic-inorganic microporous materials that exhibit zeolite-like structures and can be synthesized with a wide range of pore sizes and chemical functionality ZIFs as thin films and membranes are of interest for then applications in sensors and gas separation. Here, we report a method for ZIF film and membrane fabrication, based on support surface modification and in situ solvothermal growth, which has potential for general application to other ZIF membranes Our simple surface modification method results in strong covalent bonds between alpha-Al2O3 supports and imidazolate ligands, which promote the heterogeneous nucleation and growth of ZIF crystals. The microstructure of ZIF-8 films can be controlled by controlling the pH of the growth solution ZIF-7 films were fabricated to demonstrate the potential for general applicability of our method. Finally, the separation performance of several ZIF-8 membranes was evaluated, revealing molecular sieving behavior with an ideal selectivity for H-2/CH4 of 13
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