A Seed-mediated Spray-drying Method for Facile Syntheses of Zr-MOF and a Pillared-layer-type MOF

We were first to synthesize the Zr metal–organic framework (MOF), UiO-66 (Zr6O4(OH)4(BDC)6; BDC: 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) by a seed-mediated spray-drying method. Furthermore, a pillared-layer-type MOF, CID-1 ([Zn2(ip)2(bpy)2]; ip: isophthalate, bpy: 4,4′-bipyridine) was also synthesized successfully. This is the first demonstration of a spray-drying synthesis of an MOF consisting of two kinds of ligands.