Linkers and coordinated solvent molecules; the two effective factors on formation of zinc oxide nanoparticles from metal–organic frameworks

Abstract

The host and the apohost frameworks of Zn2(ndc)2(DMF)2∙(H2O)4 (1∙DMF∙H2O) and Zn2(bdc)2(H2O)2∙(DMF)2 (2·H2O·DMF), (H2ndc=2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, H2bdc=benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid and DMF=N,N-Dimethylformamide), were synthesized, characterized and subsequently used for preparing of ZnO nanoparticles. The morphology of initial precursors has direct influence on agglomeration tendency of resulting ZnO nanoparticles. Linkers and coordinated solvent molecules are the two effective factors on the formation of zinc oxide nanoparticles from these metal–organic frameworks.