JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ordered mesoporous silica–(ZIF-8) core–shell spheres

Sara SorribasBeatriz ZornozaCarlos TéllezJoaquı́n Coronas

Year: 2012 Journal:   Chemical Communications Vol: 48 (75)Pages: 9388-9388   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Silica-(ZIF-8) core-shell spheres with tuneable ordered meso-microporosity have been synthesized, showing that the hydrophobic micropore ZIF-8 shell controls the access of guest molecules into the hydrophilic silica mesoporous structure.

Keywords:
Microporous material Mesoporous material Shell (structure) Mesoporous silica Materials science SPHERES Chemical engineering Core (optical fiber) Molecule Nanotechnology Porosity Chemistry Organic chemistry Composite material Catalysis

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