{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Xu W"],"funding":["Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation"],"pagination":["2575-2585"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9077404"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["A material (ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub>) with a nuclear shell structure was synthesized to improve the flame retardancy and smoke suppression of epoxy resin (EP) through a synergetic catalytic effect. Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) was synthesized and its surface was coated with SiO<sub>2</sub> by hydrolyzing tetraethyl orthosilicate. Core-shell structured ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub> was obtained. Then ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub> was added to EP to explore its effect of flame retardancy and smoke suppression on the EP composite. The results of a cone calorimeter test showed that the peak heat release rate, total heat release, smoke production rate and total smoke production of the material were decreased by 75.9%, 38.9%, 51.1% and 39.8%, respectively, after 2 wt% ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub> was added to EP. Besides, through the analysis of char residue, the mechanism of ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub>/EP's flame retardancy and smoke suppression was determined to be due to the physical barrier effect of SiO<sub>2</sub> and the co-effect of SiO<sub>2</sub> and ZnO decomposition by ZIF-8."],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pubmed_title":["Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 was coated with silica and investigated as a flame retardant to improve the flame retardancy and smoke suppression of epoxy resin."],"pmcid":["PMC9077404"],"funding_grant_id":["1708085ME113"],"pubmed_authors":["Li W","Liu Y","Wang G","Xu W","Chen R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 was coated with silica and investigated as a flame retardant to improve the flame retardancy and smoke suppression of epoxy resin.","description":"A material (ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub>) with a nuclear shell structure was synthesized to improve the flame retardancy and smoke suppression of epoxy resin (EP) through a synergetic catalytic effect. Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) was synthesized and its surface was coated with SiO<sub>2</sub> by hydrolyzing tetraethyl orthosilicate. Core-shell structured ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub> was obtained. Then ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub> was added to EP to explore its effect of flame retardancy and smoke suppression on the EP composite. The results of a cone calorimeter test showed that the peak heat release rate, total heat release, smoke production rate and total smoke production of the material were decreased by 75.9%, 38.9%, 51.1% and 39.8%, respectively, after 2 wt% ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub> was added to EP. Besides, through the analysis of char residue, the mechanism of ZIF-8@SiO<sub>2</sub>/EP's flame retardancy and smoke suppression was determined to be due to the physical barrier effect of SiO<sub>2</sub> and the co-effect of SiO<sub>2</sub> and ZnO decomposition by ZIF-8.","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Jan","modification":"2025-04-04T09:09:59.999Z","creation":"2025-02-19T03:25:08.151Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9077404","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35541479"],"doi":["10.1039/c7ra12816a"]}}