Issue 20, 2013
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CrystEngComm

Growth of large single MOF crystals and effective separation of organic dyes†

Lina Li,a   Fuxing Sun,a   Jiangtao Jia,a   Tsolmon Borjigina  and  Guangshan Zhu*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China
E-mail: zhugs@jlu.edu.cn
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Tel: +86 0431 85168887

b Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Abstract

Through the optimization of synthesis conditions, we obtained large Cu3(BTC)2 crystals with a diameter of 2–4 mm. Such large crystals could be utilized as “chromatographic columns” for effective separation of organic dyes such as thionine (TH) and pyronin B (PB). It was found that the concentration of hydron was the key factor to obtain the large pure crystals. This strategy could be used to grow other hydrophilic MOFs.

Graphical abstract: Growth of large single MOF crystals and effective separation of organic dyes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CE40137E
Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jan 2013
Accepted
14 Mar 2013
First published
15 Mar 2013

CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 4094-4098

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Growth of large single MOF crystals and effective separation of organic dyes

L. Li, F. Sun, J. Jia, T. Borjigin and G. Zhu, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 4094 DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40137E

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