Aligned macroporous monoliths with intrinsic microporosity via a frozen-solvent-templating approach

Adham Ahmed; Tom Hasell; Rob Clowes; Peter Myers; Andrew I Cooper; Haifei Zhang

doi:10.1039/c4cc08919g

Aligned macroporous monoliths with intrinsic microporosity via a frozen-solvent-templating approach

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jan 31;51(9):1717-20. doi: 10.1039/c4cc08919g.

Authors

Adham Ahmed¹, Tom Hasell, Rob Clowes, Peter Myers, Andrew I Cooper, Haifei Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Oxford Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK. zhanghf@liv.ac.uk.

PMID: 25516958
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc08919g

Abstract

Aligned macroporous monoliths of an organic cage, a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1), and a metal-organic framework (HKUST-1) are prepared by a controlled freezing approach. In addition to macropores, all the monoliths contain the intrinsic micropores.