Pollen-like ZIF-8 colloidosomes via emulsion templating and etching.

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.
PMID: 30003213 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Communications - July 13, 2018 Category: Chemistry Authors: Lupica-Spagnolo L, Ward DJ, Marie JJ, Lymperopoulou S, Bradshaw D Tags: Chem Commun (Camb) Source Type: research