Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 228, Issue -, Pages 398-404Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.020
Keywords
Metal-organic frameworks; Core-shell microspheres; Microreactor; Magnetic particles
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21173030, 21076030, 21036006]
- Universities Science & Research Project of Liaoning Province Education Department [2009S019]
- Program for Liaoning Excellent Talents in University [LR201008]
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A facile synthesis strategy for preparing Fe3O4@ZIF-8 magnetic core-shell microspheres has been successfully developed. The procedure involves first pre-treating the magnetic cores with an anionic polyelectrolyte to alter the surface charge of the particles and adsorb Zn2+ cations to initiate nucleation and then growing a thin layer of ZIF-8 to form a highly reactive, magnetic core-shell microsphere (Fe3O4@ZIF-8). The characterization by various techniques indicates that ZIF-8 shell is continuous and has an average thickness of around 100 nm. The Fe3O4@ZIF-8 microspheres as catalysts could be easily filled into a capillary microreactor with the help of an external magnetic field. The microreactor demonstrates excellent catalytic activity at a shorter residence time for Knoevenagel condensation reaction of benzaldehyde and ethyl cyanoacetate. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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