@article{2101bbeb038440fcb90292d59fe58082,
title = "Defect-induced ripening of zeolitic-imidazolate framework ZIF-8 and its implication to vapor-phase membrane synthesis",
abstract = "We report for the first time that ZIF-8 crystals undergo an Ostwald-ripening-like process without degradation in the presence of a ligand vapor. The ripening process is dependent on the defect density of the crystals: the more defective the more amenable to the ripening. The process was adapted to synthesize ultra-thin ZIF-8 membranes by vapor-phase secondary growth.",
author = "Kwon, {Hyuk Taek} and Jeong, {Hae Kwon} and Lee, {Albert S.} and An, {He Seong} and Taehee Lee and Eunhee Jang and Lee, {Jong Suk} and Jungkyu Choi",
note = "Funding Information: H.-K. J. acknowledges the financial support from the National Science Foundation (CBET-1510530) and from the Qatar National Research Fund (NPRP 7-042-2-021). H.-K. J. and J. S. L. acknowledge the financial support from the R&D Convergence Program ofMSIP (Ministry of Science) and NST (National Research Council of Science & Technology) of the Republic of Korea (CRC-14-1-KRICT). The FE-SEM acquisition was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DBI-0116835, the VP for Research Office, and the Texas A&M Engineering Experimental Station. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry.",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1039/c6cc05433a",
language = "English",
volume = "52",
pages = "11669--11672",
journal = "Chemical Communications",
issn = "1359-7345",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "78",
}