title: Unconventional nucleation and oriented growth of ZIF-8 crystals on non-polar surface.
abstract: Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) crystals show unconventionally selective nucleation and oriented growth on a patterned self-assembled monolayer (SAM) surface. The growth selectivity and crystal orientation are also affected by the odd-even effect for SAMs. The oriented growth of the ZIF-8 crystals is found to result from fast crystallization of the nuclei triggered by the specific SAM surfaces.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
authors.forename: Shaozhou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenxiong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shuzhou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Say Chye Joachim
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Loo
authors.forename: Fengwei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huo
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D017641:Zeolites / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D017641:Zeolites