Amino acids as biomimetic crystallization agents for the synthesis of ZIF-8 particles

作者:Liang Kang*; Ricco Raffaele; Doherty Cara M; Styles Mark J; Falcaro Paolo*
来源:CrystEngComm, 2016, 18(23): 4264-4267.
DOI:10.1039/c5ce02549d

摘要

Biomimetic mineralization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) exploits the use of biomolecules to control MOF crystallization processes. Here, we investigate 20 natural amino acids as biomimetic crystallization agents for the synthesis of ZIF-8 particles in aqueous solution. The morphology, size, and particle number of resultant MOF crystals were strongly dependent on the chemical nature of amino acid side chains that match closely the four classes of amino acids: nonpolar, polar neutral, polar negative and polar positive.

  • 出版日期2016