Polymer Decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH<sub>2</sub>) for the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Material <italic style="font-style: italic">via</italic> Metal-free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Hong-Ye Li; Zi-An Wang; Mei-Mei Yang; Bo Ge; Li-Ping Wang; Guang Li

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Polymer Decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Material via Metal-free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

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- Polymer Decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Material via Metal-free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
- Polymer Decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Material via Metal-free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
- 高分子科学（英文） 2025年43卷第10期页码：1850-1862
- Affiliations：
  
  School of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
- Author bio：
  
  wangliping5@163.com (L.P.W.)
  lglzsd@126.com (G. L.)
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  This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Nos. ZR2021ME126, ZR2022ME139 and ZR2021ME149), the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province‒Project for Enhancing the Innovation Capacity of Teschnology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (No. 2024TSGC0957) and the Research Foundation of Liaocheng University (Nos. 318012012 and 318011905).;Electronic supplementary information (ESI) is available free of charge in the online version of this article at http://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-025-3390-y.
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-025-3390-y
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- 收稿：2025-04-18，
  
  录用：2025-05-28，
  
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Li, H. Y.; Wang, Z. A.; Yang, M. M.; Ge, B.; Wang, L. P.; Li, G. Polymer decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the fabrication of superhydrophobic material via metal-free atom transfer radical polymerization. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1850–1862 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-025-3390-y.

Hong-Ye Li, Zi-An Wang, Mei-Mei Yang, et al. Polymer Decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Material via Metal-free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, 43(10): 1850-1862. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-025-3390-y.
Li, H. Y.; Wang, Z. A.; Yang, M. M.; Ge, B.; Wang, L. P.; Li, G. Polymer decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the fabrication of superhydrophobic material via metal-free atom transfer radical polymerization. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1850–1862 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-025-3390-y. DOI：

Hong-Ye Li, Zi-An Wang, Mei-Mei Yang, et al. Polymer Decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Material via Metal-free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, 43(10): 1850-1862. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-025-3390-y. DOI：

摘要

The monomer HFBA was grafted from the ZIF-8@GMA surface by metal-free ATRP. The obtained ZIF-8@GMA-PHFBA hybrid material was cured on the fabric surface and the fabric has good superhydrophobicity properties. The oil-water separation experiment and self-cleaning test confirmed that ZIF-8@GMA-PHFBA modified fabric has excellent oil-water separation effect and self-cleaning performance.

Abstract

We report a general method for the synthesis of polymer-decorated metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the fabrication of superhydrophobic materials through photoinduced metal-free atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Firstly

an MOF material

ZIF-8-NH

was synthesized through the self-assembly of metal ions and organic ligands at room temperature. ZIF-8-NH

was then reacted with glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) to form ZIF-8@GMA. Finally

ZIF-8@GMA-PHFBA was prepared by grafting fluorinated monomer 2

4-hexafluorobutyl acrylate (HFBA)

from the ZIF-8@GMA surface

via

photoinduced ATRP under 365 nm UV light. The structural evolution during the metal-free ATRP modification of ZIF-8-NH

was characterized by Fo

urier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)

X-ray powder diffraction (XRD)

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

and thermogravimetry analysis (TGA). The test results verified that ZIF-8-NH

and ZIF-8@GMA-PHFBA were successfully synthesized

and that the surface graft polymerization did not change the structure and morphology of ZIF-8-NH

. After anchoring the ZIF-8@GMA-PHFBA hybrid material on the fabric surface

the water contact angle (WCA) of the ZIF-8@GMA-PHFBA hybrid material-modified fabric surface reached 154.2

which achieved a superhydrophobic state. In addition

the oil-water separation experiment and self-cleaning test demonstrated that the ZIF-8@GMA-PHFBA hybrid material-modified fabric has an excellent oil-water separation effect and self-cleaning performance. This material shows promising potential for applications in self-cleaning and oil-water separation technologies.

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DOI：10.1007/s10118-025-3390-y

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Polymer Decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Material via Metal-free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Polymer Decorated Zn-MOF (ZIF-8-NH₂) for the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Material via Metal-free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization