Abstract
We report a new class of metal-organic framework (MOF) inks with a water-repellent, photocurable fluoropolymer (PFPE) having up to 90 wt % MOF loading. These MOF inks are enabled to process various MOFs through spray coating, pen writing, stencil printing, and molding at room temperature. Upon UV curing, the hydrophobic PFPE matrix efficiently blocks water permeation but allows accessibility of chemicals into the MOF pores, thereby freeing the MOF to perform its unique function. Moreover, by introducing functional MOFs we successfully demonstrated a water-tolerant chemosensor for a class of aromatic pollutants in water and a chemical-resistant thermosensor for visualizing temperature image. This approach would open up innumerable opportunities for those MOFs that are otherwise dormant.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4385-4392 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 30 Jan 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We gratefully acknowledge the support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea grant funded by the Korean government (nos. 2017R1A3B1023598 and 2016R1A5A1009405).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Chemical Society.
Keywords
- Chemical resistance
- Chemosensor
- Metal-Organic Framework
- MOF processing
- MOF-polymer composite
- Thermosensor