Hierarchically porous MOFs self-supporting copolymers for ultrafast transport and precise recognition of flavonoids: A triple interfacial crosslinking strategy based on microreactors

The main obstacles of recognition of flavoniods are low concentration and complexity of extract wastewater solutions. The structural and stability limitation of the sorbents is the significant reason for the difficulty in increasing the adsorption amount in the separation system. Hereon, a novel hierarchical-pore boronic acid-functionalized-MOFs based on macroporous organo/hydro copolymers (CPs@H-UiO-66-NH2@BA) were firstly fabricated through the triple sacrificial cross-linking strategy, which allowed the formation of multiple hydrogen bond networks (i.e. main crosslinked networks and weak crosslinked networks) at oil–water interface. Noticeably, the MOFs with polymer chain entanglement effects as a physical sacrificial cross-linking network, significantly enhancing the mechanical properties. The maximum equilibrium binding capacity of CPs@H-UiO-66-NH2@BA was 40.93 µmol g−1 for NRG at 308 K. Furthermore, it also showed superior regeneration capacity capability (only 7.81% loss) after six cycles. Meanwhile, they had a stronger selectivity towards NRG. It can effectively purify the low purity of the actual sample ground to 92.68%. It is anticipated that in-situ the introduction of nanoboronic-functionalized MOFs construction into copolymers would hold great promise in the selective capture of target flavonoids in actual samples.