Metal–organic frameworks meet polymer brushes: enhanced crystalline film growth induced by macromolecular primers. (10th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rafti, Matías; Allegretto, Juan A.; Segovia, Gustavo M.; Tuninetti, Jimena S.; Giussi, Juan M.; Bindini, Elisa; Azzaroni, Omar
• Is Part Of: Materials chemistry frontiers. Volume 1:Number 11(2017)
• Page Start: 2256
• Page End: 2260
• Publication Date: 2017-07-10
• Subjects: Materials science -- Periodicals; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c7qm00235a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-1529

Abstract

Abstract : We introduce tailor-made polymeric 3D primers, which produce a striking enhancement in MOF film growth compared to traditional primers. Abstract : 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.