A hollow microshuttle-shaped capsule covalent organic framework for protein adsorption

J Mater Chem B. 2019 Mar 7;7(9):1469-1474. doi: 10.1039/c8tb02870b. Epub 2019 Feb 11.

Abstract

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a class of crystalline porous materials utilized in various potential applications. However, the development of hollow-structured COFs with defined morphology is important for their further applications, which is rare. Herein, COF with unique hollow shuttle morphology was prepared by a Schiff condensation reaction between 4-(4-aldehyde phenyl)ethylene (TPE) and tetra-(4-aminophenyl) porphyrin (TAP). A detailed mechanistic investigation reveals that an initial self-assembly followed by a similar inside-out Ostwald ripening process is responsible for the hollow capsule formation. The hollow microshuttle-shaped capsule COF is used for studying hemoglobin adsorption, which shows an uptake of 550.82 mg g-1 of hemoglobin. These studies could foreshadow new avenues for the development of porous materials with defined morphologies for the adsorption of biomolecules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Hemoglobins / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / chemistry*
  • Porosity
  • Porphyrins / chemistry

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Porphyrins
  • Gold