Issue 6, 2012

N-rich zeolite-like metal–organic framework with sodalite topology: high CO2 uptake, selective gas adsorption and efficient drug delivery

Abstract

A novel zeolite-like metal–organic framework (ZMOF) with sodalite topology, [Zn(HL)]·DMA (IFMC-1, L = 4,5-di(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-2H-1,2,3-triazole and IFMC = Institute of Functional Material Chemistry), was solvothermally synthesized based on an N-rich aromatic ligand without a NH2 group. It exhibits high CO2 uptake and selective CO2/N2 adsorption capacity. For the first time, we investigated the influence of a large number of uncoordinated nitrogen atoms from aromatic rings for CO2 adsorption in ZMOFs. This result reveals that the high percentage of open N-donor sites leads to the high uptake capacity for CO2, even in the absence of any NH2 groups and open metal sites. In addition, it also exhibits efficient drug delivery capacity.

Graphical abstract: N-rich zeolite-like metal–organic framework with sodalite topology: high CO2 uptake, selective gas adsorption and efficient drug delivery

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
05 Jan 2012
Accepted
07 Mar 2012
First published
07 Mar 2012

Chem. Sci., 2012,3, 2114-2118

N-rich zeolite-like metal–organic framework with sodalite topology: high CO2 uptake, selective gas adsorption and efficient drug delivery

J. Qin, D. Du, W. Li, J. Zhang, S. Li, Z. Su, X. Wang, Q. Xu, K. Shao and Y. Lan, Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 2114 DOI: 10.1039/C2SC00017B

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