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Crystal growth studies on porous organic cages

Moises Carreon | mcarreon@mines.edu

Almost a decade has passed since the first successful synthesis of porous organic cages (POC), and almost nothing is known about te nucleation and growth events on these highly important type of porous crystals. Since the events in the early stages of POC formation are critical in determining the course of crystallization, a fundamental understanding of these phenomena (nucleation and growth) is highly important to improve their structural, textural and morphological properties. Here we propose to elucidate formation mechanisms of porous organic cages.

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X. Feng, T. Wu, M. A. Carreon*, “Synthesis of ZIF-67 and ZIF-8 crystals using DMSO (Dimethyl Sulfoxide) as solvent and kinetic transformation studies”, Journal of Crystal Growth 2016, 455, 152-156.
M. Zhu, J.B. Jasinski, M.A. Carreon*, “Growth of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 Crystals from the Solid-liquid Interface”, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22, 7684-7686.
S.R. Venna, J.B. Jasinski, M.A.Carreon*, “Structural Evolution of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 18030–18033.
M. Zhu, S.R. Venna, J.B. Jasinski, M.A. Carreon*, “Room temperature synthesis of ZIF-8: The coexistence of ZnO nanoneedles”, Chemistry of Materials 2011, 23, 3590-3592.

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