Pollen-like ZIF-8 colloidosomes<i>via</i>emulsion templating and etching

Lucia Lupica‐Spagnolo, Daniel J. Ward, John‐Joseph Marie, Smaragda Lymperopoulou, Darren Bradshaw

Chemical Communications · 2018 · 24 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

We report a one-pot emulsion-templating strategy for the preparation of ZIF-8 microcapsules both in the presence and absence of surfactants. Capsule diameter is tuneable in the range 1-10 μm, and they can be post-synthetically etched with excess imidazole to form hierarchical architectures resembling Oleaceae pollen grains.

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