Liquid-phase epitaxial layer by layer brushing fabrication of metal-organic frameworks films

Li-Mei Chang; Rui Zhai; Zhi-Zhou Ma; Jian-Dong Huang; Zhi-Gang Gu; Jian Zhang

doi:10.1007/s12274-024-6444-5

Nano Research 2024, 17(6): 5698-5704 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6444-5

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Liquid-phase epitaxial layer by layer brushing fabrication of metal-organic frameworks films

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Li-Mei Chang^{¹^,²}, Rui Zhai^², Zhi-Zhou Ma^{²^,³}, Jian-Dong Huang^¹, Zhi-Gang Gu^{²^,³}(

), Jian Zhang^{²^,³}

1College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China

2State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China

3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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porous materials, film, metal-organic framework, layer by layer fabrication

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Chang L-M, Zhai R, Ma Z-Z, et al. Liquid-phase epitaxial layer by layer brushing fabrication of metal-organic frameworks films. Nano Research, 2024, 17(6): 5698-5704. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6444-5

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Development of metal-organic framework (MOF) films is of great importance to expand their applications. Herein, we report a facile and universal method of liquid-phase epitaxial (LPE) layer by layer (LBL) brushing approach for fabricating MOF films on various substrates in a high-throughput fashion. This MOF films preparation method offers a great prospective to cost-effectively construct films with short preparation time and little reagent consumption. Moreover, this LBL brushing approach has been implemented successfully to assemble various MOF films, including HKUST-1, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8), Cu(bdc), and Cu₂(L)₂P (L = bdc, ndc, and cam; P = dabco and bipy). Afterwards, the classic MOF HKUST-1 and ZIF-8 films were grown on sensor chip electrode and porous fiber support for good volatile organic compounds (VOCs) selective sensing and water purification applications. This study demonstrates that this LBL brushing preparation method can be employed to synthesize various MOF films with a variety of characteristics to realize their sensing and separation applications.

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Liquid-phase epitaxial layer by layer brushing fabrication of metal-organic frameworks films

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Li-Mei Chang^{¹^,²}, Rui Zhai^², Zhi-Zhou Ma^{²^,³}, Jian-Dong Huang^¹, Zhi-Gang Gu^{²^,³}(

), Jian Zhang^{²^,³}

1College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China

2State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China

3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Keywords: porous materials, film, metal-organic framework, layer by layer fabrication

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Received: 16 October 2023

Revised: 05 December 2023

Accepted: 22 December 2023

Published: 02 February 2024

Issue date: June 2024

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U23A2095), the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2022YFA1503300), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. Y2022081), Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (No. 2022J06031), and the STS Project of Fujian-CAS (Nos. 2023T3003, 2023T3052, and 2023T3054).