Ordered mesoporous silica-(ZIF-8) core-shell spheres.
Silica-(ZIF-8) core-shell spheres with tuneable ordered meso-microporosity have been synthesized, showing that the hydrophobic micropore ZIF-8 shell controls the access of guest molecules into the hydrophilic silica mesoporous structure.
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
Sara
S
Sorribas
Beatriz
B
Zornoza
Carlos
C
Téllez
Joaquín
J
Coronas