Metal–organic frameworks meet polymer brushes: enhanced crystalline film growth induced by macromolecular primers

We used poly-(3-sulfopropylmethacrylate) brushes as macromolecular 3D primers to promote heterogeneous nucleation and growth of archetypal ZIF-8 MOF thin films. The enhancement can be understood in terms of a high preconcentration of Zn 2+ ions in the polymer brush; this leads to a rapid increase of...

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Published inMaterials chemistry frontiers Vol. 1; no. 11; pp. 2256 - 2260
Main Authors Rafti, Matías, Allegretto, Juan A., Segovia, Gustavo M., Tuninetti, Jimena S., Giussi, Juan M., Bindini, Elisa, Azzaroni, Omar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
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Summary:We used poly-(3-sulfopropylmethacrylate) brushes as macromolecular 3D primers to promote heterogeneous nucleation and growth of archetypal ZIF-8 MOF thin films. The enhancement can be understood in terms of a high preconcentration of Zn 2+ ions in the polymer brush; this leads to a rapid increase of nucleation sites in the primer.
ISSN:2052-1537
2052-1537
DOI:10.1039/C7QM00235A