title: General incorporation of diverse components inside metal-organic framework thin films at room temperature.
abstract: Porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) demonstrate great potential for numerous applications. Although hetero-functional components have been encapsulated within MOF crystalline particles, the uniform incorporation of functional species with different sizes, shapes and functions in MOF thin films with dual properties, especially at room temperature and without the degradation of the MOF framework, remains a significant challenge towards further enriching their functions for various purposes. Here we report a general method that can rapidly encapsulate diverse functional components, including small ions, micrometre-sized particles, inorganic nanoparticles and bioactive proteins, in MOF thin films at room temperature via a metal-hydroxide-nanostrand-assisted confinement technique. These functional component-encapsulated MOF composite thin films exhibit synergistic and size-selective catalytic, bio-electrochemical, conductive and flexible functionalities that are desirable for thin film devices, including catalytic membrane reactors, biosensors and flexible electronic devices.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Yiyin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Junwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Yulong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Pan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Luwei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Application for Batteries of Zhejiang, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Hongtao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 1] State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China [2] Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Application for Batteries of Zhejiang, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Chuanhong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: 1] State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China [2] Cyrus Tang Centre for Sensor Materials and Applications, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Xinsheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peng