Ying Jie, Herbst Annika, Xiao Yu-Xuan, Wei Hao, Tian Ge, Li Zhaofei, Yang Xiao-Yu, Su Bao-Lian, Janiak Christoph
State Key Laboratory Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology , 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China.
Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , 40204 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Inorg Chem. 2018 Feb 5;57(3):899-902. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01992. Epub 2018 Jan 11.
The metal-organic framework (MOF) MIL-101Cr was readily encapsulated by a very thin shell (around 30 nm) of hydrophobic mesoporous silica, which replicates the irregular shape of the MOF nanocrystals. Such a silica shell facilitates the diffusion of hydrophobic reactants with enhancement of the catalytic activity of the MOF and significantly improved catalytic stability of the MOF in the oxidation of indene.