Growth of large single MOF crystals and effective separation of organic dyes
Author(s) -
Lina Li,
Fuxing Sun,
Jiangtao Jia,
Tsolmon Borjigin,
Guangshan Zhu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
crystengcomm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 132
ISSN - 1466-8033
DOI - 10.1039/c3ce40137e
Subject(s) - thionine , materials science , chemical engineering , separation (statistics) , chromatography , chemistry , computer science , machine learning , engineering , electrode , electrochemistry
Through the optimization of synthesis conditions, we obtained large Cu-3(BTC)(2) crystals with a diameter of 2-4 mm. Such large crystals could be utilized as "chromatographic columns" for effective separation of organic dyes such as thionine (TH) and pyronin B (PB). It was found that the concentration of hydron was the key factor to obtain the large pure crystals. This strategy could be used to grow other hydrophilic MOFs.Full Tex
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