Fluorinated Nanosized Zeolitic-Imidazolate Frameworks as Potential Devices for Mechanical Energy Storage.

ABSTRACT: Fluorination is one of the most efficient and universal strategies to increase the hydrophobicity of materials and consequently their water stability. Zeolitic-imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), which have limited stability in aqueous media and even lower stability when synthesized on a nanometric scale, can greatly benefit from the incorporation of fluorine atoms, not only to improve their stability but also to provide additional properties. Herein, we report the preparation of two different fluorinated ZIFs through a simple and scalable approach by using mixed ligands [2-methylimidazole, as a common ligand, and 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole (monofluorinated linker) or 2-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-imidazole (trifluorinated linker) as a dopant], demonstrating t

SUBMITTER: Amayuelas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378149 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature