Issue 63, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Amorphization of the prototypical zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8 by ball-milling†

Shuai Cao,a   Thomas D. Bennett,a   David A. Keen,bc   Andrew L. Goodwind  and  Anthony K. Cheetham*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK
E-mail: akc30@cam.ac.uk
Tel: +441223767061

b ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, UK

c Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford, UK

d Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK

Abstract

We report the rapid amorphization of the prototypical substituted zeolitic imidazolate framework, ZIF-8, by ball-milling. The resultant amorphous ZIF-8 (amZIF-8) possesses a continuous random network (CRN) topology with a higher density and a lower porosity than its crystalline counterpart. A decrease in thermal stability upon amorphization is also evident.

Graphical abstract: Amorphization of the prototypical zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8 by ball-milling

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC33773H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 May 2012
Accepted
19 Jun 2012
First published
19 Jun 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 7805-7807

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Amorphization of the prototypical zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8 by ball-milling

S. Cao, T. D. Bennett, D. A. Keen, A. L. Goodwin and A. K. Cheetham, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 7805 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC33773H

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