Issue 23, 2011
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CrystEngComm

Tuning the crystal morphology and size of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 in aqueous solution by surfactants†

Yichang Pan,a   Dodi Heryadi,a   Feng Zhou,b   Lan Zhao,a   Gabriella Lestari,a   Haibin Sub  and  Zhiping Lai*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, Division of Chemical and Life Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
E-mail: Zhiping.lai@kaust.edu.sa
Tel: +966 2 8082408

b Division of Materials Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, Singapore

Abstract

Herein we report a facile synthesis method using surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a capping agent for controlling the crystal size and morphology of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) crystals in aqueous systems. The particle sizes can be precisely adjusted from ca. 100 nm to 4 μm, and the morphology can be changed from truncated cubic to rhombic dodecahedron.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CE05780D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Jun 2011
Accepted
22 Sep 2011
First published
11 Oct 2011

CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 6937-6940

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Tuning the crystal morphology and size of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 in aqueous solution by surfactants

Y. Pan, D. Heryadi, F. Zhou, L. Zhao, G. Lestari, H. Su and Z. Lai, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6937 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05780D

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