Kwon, Hyuk Taek Jeong, Hae-Kwon Lee, Albert S. An, He Seong Lee, Taehee Jang, Eunhee Lee, Jong Suk Choi, Jungkyu 2024-01-20T03:03:54Z 2024-01-20T03:03:54Z 2022-01-10 2016-10-07 1359-7345 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/123569 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. English ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS THERMAL-STABILITY CRYSTAL-SIZE EXTERNAL SURFACE GAS SEPARATIONS THIN-FILMS ADSORPTION WATER CHALLENGES Defect-induced ripening of zeolitic-imidazolate framework ZIF-8 and its implication to vapor-phase membrane synthesis Article 10.1039/c6cc05433a 1 CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, v.52, no.78, pp.11669 - 11672 CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 52 78 11669 11672 scie scopus 000385475700013 2-s2.0-84988851266 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry Article METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS THERMAL-STABILITY CRYSTAL-SIZE EXTERNAL SURFACE GAS SEPARATIONS THIN-FILMS ADSORPTION WATER CHALLENGES