Abstract
ZIFs, Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks, are subclasses of structures that arise from MOFs, Metal-Organic Frameworks, and have attracted extensive studies in the area of catalysis, gas adsorption, gas separation, etc. They are porous crystalline materials with tetrahedral networks that resemble those of zeolites with transition metals (Zn, Ni, Co, etc.) linked by imidazolate ligands and pre…