In the last decade, many attempts were made to put metal organic frameworks (MOFs) in industrial applications, but most of these efforts weren’t successfully. As one of the few MOFs produced on industrial scale, ZIF-8 has interesting pore size, huge internal surface area and great thermal and chemical stability. Therefore, ZIF-8 might become the first MOF, which will be applied in industrial separation processes. In this thesis, a synthesis study is presented, which leads to a cheap and convenient way to
fabricate defect-free and thin ZIF-8 membranes on porous polymeric supports showing high selectivity and high gas permeance. The ZIF-8 layers were produced via a contra-diffusion method. Several polymeric membranes were employed as support in this study, such as PAN, PEI, PSU, PA and PTSC. We studied the influence of the polymeric support properties for the ZIF-8 membrane preparation and optimized the ZIF-8 preparation conditions. The ZIF-8 membranes were characterized via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). For gas permeation test, we chose a Wicke-Kallenbach apparatus to measure membrane’s gas permeance and selectivity. One of the best ZIF-8 membranes exhibited a hydrogen permeance of 3.45 × 10-8 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 and
an ideal selectivity of hydrogen over propane of about 500.

Depuis plusieurs années, les MOFs (Metal Organic Frameworks) suscitent une grande attention pour leurs applications potentielles en catalyse hétérogène. Ces matériaux sont également étudiés dans les domaines de la séparation, du stockage de gaz, de la libération contrôlée ou comme systèmes de vectorisation de médicaments. Leur structure complexe étant formée par des centres de coordination métalliques unis par des ligands polydentates, les MOFs disposent de nombreux sites acido-basiques de Lewis ou de Brönsted qui sont cruciaux pour l'activité des matériaux et la sélectivité des produits lors des réactions catalysées par les MOFs. Dans ce travail, nous nous sommes tout particulièrement intéressés à une classe de MOFs appelée « zéolithic imidazolate frameworks » (ZIF-8). Les ZIF-8 présentent de nombreuses propriétés intéressantes, notamment une grande surface spécifique, une faible densité, une forte porosité ainsi qu’une excellente stabilité chimique et thermique. Dans une première partie, la préparation de matériaux ZIF-8 et d’hétérostructures à base ZIF-8 a été développée afin de conférer à ces matériaux des propriétés adaptées à l'application souhaitée. La mise en forme de ces catalyseurs a également été étudiée afin d’obtenir la forme optimale pour une utilisation industrielle de ces matériaux. En variant le précurseur d’ions Zn2+ utilisé pour la synthèse, nous avons démontré que les propriétés (taille, porosité, ...) de ZIF-8 cristaux pouvaient être contrôlées en fonction de l’application catalytique recherchée. Ces ZIF-8 cristaux ont été utilisés avec succès en tant que catalyseurs hétérogènes dans les réactions de Knoevenagel et Friedländer. Nous avons développé de nouveaux matériaux ZIF-8 dopés par des ions Cu2+. Les particules Cu/ZIF-8 se sont montrés être des catalyseurs efficaces dans la réaction de Combes et la cycloaddition de Huisgen. La recyclabilité du matériau a été évaluée et il a notamment été montré que les particules ZIF-8 pouvaient être réutilisées jusqu'à dix fois sans perte d'activité catalytique. Nous avons également fonctionnalisé les cristaux ZIF-8 avec des particules magnétiques Fe3O4. L’hétérostructure hybride Fe3O4@ZIF-8 peut facilement être récupérée par séparation magnétique après les expériences de catalyse. Afin d’étendre le champ d’application des catalyseurs ZIF-8, le matériau a également utilisé pour la conversion du dioxyde de carbone en carbonates cycliques en utilisant un réacteur du Parr. Comme la réaction est d’un grand intérêt industriel, le catalyseur a été mis en forme par compression. Dans la dernière partie de ce mémoire, la toxicité des particules ZIF-8 et ZIF-8 dopé par Cu ou Fe a été évaluée en utilisant des cellules alvéolaires A549 et de la peau IHK comme modèles. La stabilité des particules a été déterminée à l’aide de milieux mimant la digestion des particules in vivo. Les résultats obtenus montrent que les particules sont très sensibles aux variations de pH ainsi qu’aux sels présents dans les différents milieux / Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained considerable attention as heterogeneous catalytic systems and also have been studied in the area of separation, gas storage, controlled release or as drug delivery systems. According to their complex structure formed by metal centers coordinated with polydentate linkers, MOFs expose abundance of Lewis and/or Brönsted acid-base sites that are crucial for the materials catalytic activity and selectivity towards specific reactions. Moreover, these materials have many other attractive properties, including a large surface area, a low density and a high porosity. In this work, we focused on the zeolithic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) material – a MOF exhibiting high porosity and stability and which can also be used as a template for further functionalization and modification. Firstly, we focused on the preparation of ZIF-8 crystals and ZIF-8 heterostructures with properties adapted to the desired application, and then shaping of the catalyst to obtain the best form of material for industrial scale-up utilization. By varying Zn2+ precursors used for the synthesis, we demonstrated that the properties (size, porosity,…) of ZIF-8 crystals can be controlled and tuned depending on the applications. These ZIF-8 crystals were successfully applied as heterogeneous catalysts in Knoevenagel and Friedländer reactions. Next, we developed protocols for the synthesis of Cu2+-doped ZIF-8 crystals. The use of these crystals could be extended to Cu-mediated reactions, like the Combes condensation and the Huisgen cycloaddition. We evaluated recyclability and we showed that the nanomaterials could be reused up to ten times without any loss of catalytic activity. Moreover, we functionalized ZIF-8 crystals with magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The hybrid Fe3O4@ZIF-8 heterostructures could be easily recovered by magnetic separation after catalytic experiments. To show multiple benefits originating from the ZIF-8 structure and properties, we also used this material for the conversion of CO2 into cyclic carbonates using a Parr reactor. As the reaction could be scale-up at the industrial level, we shaped the powder in the form of pellets and use it under the same conditions. In the last chapter, we evaluated the toxicity and the stability in biological media of ZIF-8, Cu- and Fe-doped ZIF-8 particles using A549 alveolar cells, IHK skin cells as models and in vitro ingestion under fed conditions. These models were chosen according to the most probable first contact entering gates for nanoparticles inside human body, skin, lungs and digestive tract. Outcomes from these preliminary studies motivated us to conduct extended stability tests of the particles in different media. We showed that the particles are altered by pH changes and medium complexity

Thesis advisor: Chia-Kuang (Frank) Tsung / Exchange reactions have enabled a new level of control in the rational, stepwise preparation of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials. However, their full potential is limited by a lack of understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which they occur. This dissertation describes our efforts to understand this important class of reactions in two parts. The first reports our use of a linker exchange process to encapsulate guest molecules larger than the limiting pore aperture of the MOF. The concept is demonstrated, along with evidence for guest encapsulation and its relation to a dissociative linker exchange process. The second part describes our development of the first quantitative kinetic method for studying MOF linker exchange reactions and our application of this method to understand the solvent dependence of the reaction of ZIF-8 with imidazole. This project involved the collection of the largest set of rate data available on any MOF linker exchange reaction. The combination of this dataset with small molecule encapsulation experiments allowed us to formulate a mechanistic model that could account for all the observed kinetic and structural data. By comparison with the kinetic behavior of complexes in solution, we were able to fit the kinetic behavior of ZIF-8 into the broader family of coordination compounds. Aside from the specific use that our kinetic data may have in predicting the reactivity of ZIF linker exchange, we hope that the conceptual bridges made between MOFs and related metal−organic compounds can help reveal underlying patterns in behavior and advance the field. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2017. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.

abstract: Membrane technology is a viable option to debottleneck distillation processes and minimize the energy burden associated with light hydrocarbon mixture separations. Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are a new class of microporous metal-organic frameworks with highly tailorable zeolitic pores and unprecedented separation characteristics. ZIF-8 membranes demonstrate superior separation performance for propylene/propane (C3) and hydrogen/hydrocarbon mixtures at room temperature. However, to date, little is known about the static thermal stability and ethylene/ethane (C2) separation characteristics of ZIF-8. This dissertation presents a set of fundamental studies to investigate the thermal stability, transport and modification of ZIF-8 membranes for light hydrocarbon separations. Static TGA decomposition kinetics studies show that ZIF-8 nanocrystals maintain their crystallinity up to 200○C in inert, oxidizing and reducing atmospheres. At temperatures of 250○C and higher, the findings herein support the postulation that ZIF-8 nanocrystals undergo temperature induced decomposition via thermolytic bond cleaving reactions to form an imidazole-Zn-azirine structure. The crystallinity/bond integrity of ZIF-8 membrane thin films is maintained at temperatures below 150○C. Ethane and ethylene transport was studied in single and binary gas mixtures. Thermodynamic parameters derived from membrane permeation and crystal adsorption experiments show that the C2 transport mechanism is controlled by adsorption rather than diffusion. Low activation energy of diffusion values for both C2 molecules and limited energetic/entropic diffusive selectivity are observed for C2 molecules despite being larger than the nominal ZIF-8 pore aperture and is due to pore flexibility. Finally, ZIF-8 membranes were modified with 5,6 dimethylbenzimidazole through solvent assisted membrane surface ligand exchange to narrow the pore aperture for enhanced molecular sieving. Results show that relatively fast exchange kinetics occur at the mainly at the outer ZIF-8 membrane surface between 0-30 minutes of exchange. Short-time exchange enables C3 selectivity increases with minimal olefin permeance losses. As the reaction proceeds, the ligand exchange rate slows as the 5,6 DMBIm linker proceeds into the ZIF-8 inner surface, exchanges with the original linker and first disrupts the original framework’s crystallinity, then increases order as the reaction proceeds. The ligand exchange rate increases with temperature and the H2/C2 separation factor increases with increases in ligand exchange time and temperature. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Chemical Engineering 2017

Submitted by Fernanda Rodrigues de Lima (fernanda.rlima@ufpe.br) on 2018-08-20T20:30:39Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO Débora Dolores Nascimento.pdf: 3594688 bytes, checksum: cdf7df39006953035bd1e74095fb8d37 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Alice Araujo (alice.caraujo@ufpe.br) on 2018-08-28T18:14:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO Débora Dolores Nascimento.pdf: 3594688 bytes, checksum: cdf7df39006953035bd1e74095fb8d37 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-28T18:14:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO Débora Dolores Nascimento.pdf: 3594688 bytes, checksum: cdf7df39006953035bd1e74095fb8d37 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-26 / FACEPE / A carbamazepina (CBZ) é um derivado tricíclico do iminoestilbeno com atividade farmacológica antiepiléptica. Entre os problemas deste fármaco está a sua autoindução com a necessidade de administração de até 4 vezes por dia, além da alta incidência de reações adversas, o que provavelmente está relacionado com a sua baixa solubilidade, visto que pertence à classificação biofarmacêutica de classe II. Dessa maneira, a tecnologia farmacêutica auxilia na redução de alguns desses problemas como, por exemplo, através da adsorção da CBZ a um excipiente inovador para que auxilia com a sua solubilidade e altere sua liberação, modulando e prolongando a dissolução do fármaco. Assim, esse trabalho objetivou desenvolver e caracterizar sistemas formados entre a CBZ e uma estrutura organometálica chamada ZIF-8, com a finalidade de ser empregada nos estudos de pré-formulação de forma farmacêutica de liberação prolongada para o tratamento da epilepsia. Os sistemas foram obtidos após agitação do fármaco e da ZIF-8 em diferentes solventes (metanol, etanol, e etanol:H₂O 61%) e proporções molares para que fosse escolhido o melhor meio reacional, através da melhor eficiência de incorporação. As caracterizações dos sistemas desenvolvidos foram realizadas, em seguida, através várias técnicas analíticas para assegurar a obtenção do sistema, procedendo com os ensaios de dissolução in vitro sob condições sink para verificar o comportamento da liberação da CBZ quando adsorvido à ZIF-8 em diferentes pH’s e em meios com presença e ausência de tensoativo. Os perfis de dissolução foram analisados através da área sob a curva (AUC), eficiência de dissolução (ED%), modelo-independente através do fator de similaridade (ƒ2). Por meio do método desenvolvido o escolhido para obtenção foi o realizado com etanol:H₂O 61% como solvente, na proporção molar 1:1 após 3 horas de agitação sem intervalos. Através das análises térmicas pode-se comprovar a obtenção do sistema, indicando que o mesmo também pode influenciar positivamente na estabilidade térmica do fármaco. Os espectros de FT-IR, difratogramas de DR-X e demais análises realizadas, corroboraram com os resultados, confirmando a formação do sistema CBZ-ZIF-8. O estudo de dissolução possibilitou verificar modulação da liberação do fármaco independente do pH utilizado, obtendo resultados de uma liberação máxima de 36,2% em pH 1,2 com 1% de lauril sulfato de sódio (LSS), contra 17,7%, 12,5% e 11,2% quando submetido aos meios sem LSS, com pH 1,2, pH 4,5 e pH 7,6, respectivamente, durante o período de 24 horas. O presente trabalho através dos resultados de liberação prolongada independente de pH, trouxe informações relevantes para o desenvolvimento de formas farmacêuticas de liberação modificada que utilize CBZ como insumo farmacêutico ativo. / Carbamazepine (CBZ) is a tricyclic derivative of iminostilbene with pharmacological antiepileptic activity. Among the problems of this drug is its self-induction with the need to administer up to 4 times a day, in addition to the high incidence of adverse reactions, which is probably related to its low solubility, since it belongs to the class II biopharmaceutical classification. Thus, pharmaceutical technology assists in the reduction of some of these problems, for example by adsorbing CBZ to an innovative excipient, which assists with its solubility and alters its release, modulating and prolonging the dissolution of the drug. Thus, this work aimed to develop and characterize systems formed between CBZ and an organometallic structure called ZIF-8, with the purpose of being used in the preformulation studies of pharmaceutical form of extended release for the treatment of epilepsy. The systems were obtained after agitation of the drug and ZIF-8 in different solvents (methanol, ethanol, and ethanol: H₂O 61%) and molar ratios to the best reaction medium chosen, through the best incorporation efficiency. The characterization of the developed systems was then performed through several analytical techniques to ensure the system was obtained, proceeding with the in vitro dissolution tests under sink conditions to verify the CBZ release behavior when adsorbed to ZIF-8 at different pH's And in media with presence and absence of surfactant. The dissolution profiles were analyzed through the area under the curve (AUC), dissolution efficiency (ED%), model-independent through the similarity factor (ƒ2). Using the developed method the chosen one was obtained with ethanol: H₂O 61% as solvent, in the 1: 1 molar ratio after 3 hours of agitation without intervals. Through the thermal analysis, it is possible to prove the system, indicating that it can also positively influence the thermal stability of the drug. The FT-IR spectra, DR-X diffractograms and other analyzes, corroborated the results, confirming the formation of the CBZ-ZIF-8 system. The dissolution study allowed to verify the modulation of the drug release independent of the pH used, obtaining results of a maximum release of 36.2% in pH 1.2 with 1% of sodium lauryl sulfate (LSS), against 17.7% 12.5% and 11.2% when submitted to the media without LSS, with pH 1.2, pH 4.5 and pH 7.6, respectively, during the 24 hour period. The present work through the results of independent release of pH, has brought important information for the development of pharmaceutical forms of modified release that uses CBZ as active pharmaceutical ingredient.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials built by metal clusters coordinated to organic ligands. Synthesis of MOFs has attracted considerable attention in recent decades, owing to its potential for a wide range of applications such as gas separation, dye adsorption, and catalysis, etc. The development of MOF membranes further enhances the potential of this type of material in industrial applications. Membrane fabrication methods, including in-situ growth, seeded secondary growth, interfacial growth, and vapor-phase deposition, have been widely studied. However, most of these methods either require a complicated synthesis procedure or are timeconsuming. Recently, the electrochemical synthesis has emerged as a highly promising approach to fabricate MOF membranes in a scalable manner, because it allows shorter synthesis time, milder synthesis condition, continuous reaction, and crystal self-healing. In this thesis, for the first time, an aqueously cathodic deposition (ACD) approach was developed to fabricate ZIF-8 type of MOF membranes without the addition of any supporting electrolyte or modulator. The fabrication process used 100% water as the sole solvent, and a low-defect density membrane was obtained in only 60 min under room temperature without any pre-synthesis treatment. The membrane exhibited superior performance in C3H6/C3H8 separation with C3H6 permeance of 182 GPU and selectivity of 142, making it sit at the upper bound of permeance versus selectivity graph, outperforming the majority of the published data up to 2019. Notably, this approach used an extremely low current density (0.13 mA cm-2) operated under a facile apparatus setup, enabling an attractive method for environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and scalable MOF membrane fabrications. This work demonstrates the enormous potential of aqueously electrochemical deposition of the MOF membrane in future research.

Volumetric adsorption experiments were conducted over three sorbates in Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework – 8 (ZIF-8). The sorption isotherms were measured at low temperatures. The study included carbon monoxide sorption in ZIF-8, xenon in ZIF-8, and methane sorption in ZIF-8. As a metal-organic framework that has been investigated thoroughly for its remarkable characteristics, ZIF-8 interactions with the above three sorbates has revealed some new features. Each of these systems offered a unique opportunity to study the physical properties of the sorbate and ZIF-8 and the thermodynamic responses of the system for its unique characteristics. The fundamental understating of sorbents-sorbate not only reveals some of the remarkable properties but also opens up new frontiers for researches in practical applications such as gas storage separation and other sorption-based fields of interest. The investigation into CO-ZIF-8 system has confirmed some of the predictions made on a similar system and analysis on the ZIF-8 structure. The measured adsorption isotherms have confirmed the existence of three pre-saturation subs steps, which were explained in terms of effects from the structural transition and polarity of the sorbate. The behavior of isosteric heat of adsorption and the equilibration time revealed a strong connection between steps in the isotherm and the structural changes of ZIF-8 due to organic linker rotation and volume expansion, also known as “Gate-Opening” in some cases. In both Xe-ZIF-8 and CH4 -ZIF-8 systems, the sorption isotherms revealed two substeps before the saturation. This is the first time such a feature was resolved experimentally in these systems although many previous studies have predicted the feature. The experimental observations on characteristics of the Xe -ZIF-8 system are also verified by computer simulations. Unlike the CO-ZIF-8 system, Xe-ZIF-8 interactions do not trigger the organic linker rotation of ZIF-8 structure, but it influenced the expansion of the ZIF-8 structure. In CH4 – ZIF-8 system the isotherms’ substeps were not as steep as Xe system but the loading dependence of isosteric heat of adsorption and equilibration time revealed features that are similar to CO. The lack of sorption-combined structural analysis of CH4-ZIF-8 prevent us from concluding the actual nature of the changes occurring which are related to the substeps and other thermodynamic and kinetic features. In all three systems, our measurements of the adsorption kinetics, we observed a non-monotonic behavior of the equilibration time as a function of sorbent loading. For CO the loading dependence of equilibration time exhibit peaks at loadings that correspond to the intermediate and higher loading sub-steps, and CH4 showed similar behavior at the loading corresponds to its intermediate substep region. The sharp peaks can be interpreted as packing rearrangement of adsorbed phase molecule in both cases and for CO there may be some contributions from the linker flipping and structural transition. The structural effect of kinetics is yet to be confirmed by a structural analysis for the CH4 system.

In this master thesis project, attempts were made to synthesize, pore size tailor, and characterize ZIF-8 and several mixed-linker ZIF structures to improve capture of the greenhouse gasses CH4, CO2, and SF6. Three experimental linkers, 2-methylbenzimidazole, 2-aminobenzimidazole, and 5-nitrobenzimidazole were chosen to gradually substitute 2-methylimidazole as the linker in ZIF-8.  This substitution was intended to gradually reduce pore sizes and possibly adding functionality to the apertures present in ZIF-8 (three different series). The methods of synthesis were first evaluated by performance and modified. Three series of ZIF-hybrids were then synthesized and characterized using PXRD, FTIR, 1HNMR, SEM, extensive sorption measurements, and subsequent modeling to evaluate any success tailoring the hybrid ZIF apertures to increase gas sorption. After modifying synthesis conditions, the undertaking was deemed a success as all three linkers were possible to incorporate to some degree. Hybrid ZIFs were mostly XRD-crystalline. The cleaning process was deemed sufficient. Linker incorporation was not complete but increased with the added linker. Sodalite topology was confirmed in ZIF-8 samples and confirmed as modified in hybrid ZIFs. The hybrid ZIFs did indeed show altered sorption results and surprisingly promising results regarding gas selectivity (favoring sorption of one gas over that of another).

Au cours de ces dernières années, la microfluidique est devenue une technologie attrayante pour la synthèse en écoulement continu de dispersions colloïdales de nanocristaux. Ce procédé permet un contrôle optimal des paramètres de synthèse, offre une très bonne reproductibilité, et la possibilité de transposition à grande échelle. Dans une première partie, nous avons développé des synthèses microfluidiques et écologiques de cristaux ZIF 8, adaptables à une grande échelle de production, avec un écoulement monophasique ou biphasique (eau/alcane). La technologie microfluidique permet la synthèse rapide (10 min) de cristaux ZIF-8 avec une large variation de taille de particules (de 300 à 900 nm) simplement en faisant varier les paramètres expérimentaux (débit, température, ...). Les cristaux de ZIF-8 obtenus sont de forme géométrique dodécaèdrique rhombique, de structure cristalline sodalite et leur surface spécifique est d’environ 1700 m2/g. Puis, les propriétés catalytiques des particules ZIF-8 ont été évaluées. Des 3-cyanocoumarines et des cyanoesters α,β-insaturés ont été synthétisés avec des rendements variant de 89 à 95% via la réaction de Knoevenagel utilisant les particules ZIF-8 comme catalyseur hétérogène. Les particules de ZIF-8 peuvent être recyclées au minimum cinq fois. Dans la seconde partie de ce mémoire, nous avons synthétisé des QDs CdS dopé Mn2+ et Cu+ recouverts d’une coquille ZnS en microréacteur tubulaire avec un écoulement monophasique ou biphasique (eau/alcane). Différents paramètres expérimentaux (temps de séjour, température, pH, rapport molaire des précurseurs, concentration et nature des précurseurs, …) ont été évalués afin d’optimiser les propriétés optiques. Les QDs CdS dopé Mn2+ présentent uniquement l’émission de fluorescence liée à la transition 4T1→6A1 et leur rendement quantique de fluorescence est voisin de 10%. L’introduction d’une coquille ZnS en écoulement monophasique permet d’améliorer les propriétés optiques et de réduire les défauts des surfaces des QDs 6%Mn:CdS/ZnS (émission à 590 nm et rendement quantique de 20 %). L’introduction d’une coquille ZnS à la périphérie des QDs Cu:CdS ne permet pas d’améliorer de manière significative le rendement quantique de fluorescence. Dans la dernière partie, la synthèse en microréacteur avec écoulement monophasique ou biphasique (eau/alcane) de QDs ZnS dopé Mn2+ a été développée. Les QDs obtenus possèdent un rendement quantique de 13% s’ils sont préparés en écoulement monophasique / In recent years, microfluidics has become an attractive technology for the continuous flow synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals. This technology allows a good control of the synthesis parameters, a good reproducibility and the possibility of the application on a large scale. In a first part, we have developed continuous and ecological syntheses of the ZIF-8 crystals for the large scale, either with a monophasic or a biphasic flow (water/alkane). The microfluidic technology allows the fast synthesis (10 min) of ZIF-8 crystals over a wide size range (from ca. 300 to 900 nm) simply by varying the experimental parameters (flow rates, temperature,…). ZIF-8 crystals with the stable rhombic dodecahedron shape, of sodalite structure and with a high specific surface area (ca. 1700 m2.g-1) were obtained. Next, the catalytic properties of ZIF-8 crystals were evaluated. These particles were demonstrated to be an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the Knoevenagel synthesis of α,β-unsaturated cyanoesters and of 3-cyanocoumarins using 2-hydroxy aromatic aldehydes and ethyl cyanoacetate as starting materials (yields ranging from 89 to 95%). The ZIF-8 particles can be recycled at least five times with negligible changes in catalytic performances. In the second part, we synthesized the Mn2+ or Cu+-doped CdS QDs coated with a ZnS shell in a tubular microreactor using a monophasic or a biphasic flow (water/alkane). Various experimental parameters (time, temperature, pH, molar ratio, concentration and nature of the starting materials) were evaluated to optimize the optical properties of the dots. The obtained Mn2+ doped CdS QDs exhibited a photoluminescence emission related to the 4T1 → 6A1 transition with quantum yields higher than 10%. The introduction of a ZnS shell with the monophasic flow allows to improve the optical properties and to reduce the surface defects of the 6% Mn:CdS/ZnS QDs (strong emission at 590 nm and quantum yields of ca. 20%). The introduction of a ZnS shell on the surface of Cu doped CdS QDs does not significantly improve the quantum yields. Finally, the synthesis of Mn2+-doped ZnS QDs with monophasic or biphasic flow (water/alkane) was developed. The dots have a photoluminescence quantum yield of 13% if they are prepared in a monophasic water flow

Les réseaux zéolithiques à base d'imidazolate (e.g. ZIF-8) sont des matériaux membranaires attractifs pour la séparation de gaz, sous réserve de pouvoir disposer de membranes de haute qualité, stables et reproductibles sur des supports industriels. Dans ce travail plusieurs stratégies ont été examinées pour développer des membranes nanocomposites à base de ZIF-8 confiné dans les macropores de supports céramiques tubulaires. Trois approches ont été comparées: i) croissance de germes, ii) croissance in situ et iii) conversion de ZnO. L'influence des paramètres de synthèse (formulation des solutions de précurseurs, température & durée de réaction, type de support & prétraitement…) sur les caractéristiques et performances des membranes a été étudiée. Le protocole optimum retenu repose sur la conversion solvothermale de couches minces de ZnO déposées par ALD sur les grains du support. Les membranes nanocomposites ZIF-8/ZnO/α-Al2O3 sont sélectives pour la séparation de gaz contenant H2. / Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (e.g. ZIF-8) are attractive membrane materials for gas separation, provided that high quality, stable and reproducible membranes can be prepared on industrial supports. In this work several strategies were investigated in order to develop nanocomposite ZIF-8 based membranes confined in the macropores of tubular ceramic supports. Three approaches were compared: i) seeded growth, ii) in situ growth and iii) ZnO conversion. The influence of synthesis parameters (precursor solution formulation, reaction temperature & duration, support type & pre-treatment…) on membrane characteristics and performance were studied. The selected optimum protocol was based on the solvothermal conversion, using a 2-methylimidazole/methanol solution, of a ZnO thin layer uniformly deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition on the grains of a ceramic support. The nanocomposite ZIF-8/ZnO/α-Al2O3 membranes exhibited enhanced selectivities for the separation of H2-containing gas mixtures.