Tailoring fluorescent ZIF-8 nanostructures through calix[4]pyrrole modification: tunable size and enhanced organic micropollutant removal capacity

Nida Ük; Fatma Yelda Ünlü; Özge İbiş; Ilgın Nar; Abdullah Aydogan; Caner Ünlü

doi:10.1039/d3cc05934k

Tailoring fluorescent ZIF-8 nanostructures through calix[4]pyrrole modification: tunable size and enhanced organic micropollutant removal capacity

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Jan 18;60(7):866-869. doi: 10.1039/d3cc05934k.

Authors

Nida Ük¹, Fatma Yelda Ünlü², Özge İbiş², Ilgın Nar³, Abdullah Aydogan², Caner Ünlü^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey. canerunlu@itu.edu.tr.
² Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Istanbul Technical University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (ITUNano), Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 38164651
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05934k

Abstract

Whitish-blue light emitting fluorescent ZIF-8 structures were synthesized by means of bis-carboxylate functional calix[4]pyrrole (BCCP) modification. The calix[4]pyrrole concentration was also manipulated to tune the sizes of the ZIF-8 structures. Moreover, the BCCP-modified ZIF-8 samples exhibited enhanced organic micropollutant removal capacity from aqueous solutions.