Colloidal Template Synthesis of Nanomaterials by Using Microporous Organic Nanoparticles: The Case of C@MoS2 Nanoadsorbents.

The so-called colloidal template synthesis has been applied to the preparation of surface-engineered nanoadsorbents. Colloidal microporous organic network nanotemplates (C-MONs), which showed a high surface area (611 m2  g-1 ) and enhanced microporosity, were prepared through the networking of organic building blocks in the presence of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP). Owing to entrapment of the PVP in networks, the C-MONs showed good colloidal dispersion in EtOH. MoS2 precursors were incorporated into the C-MONs and heat treatment afforded core-shell-type C@MoS2 nanoparticles with a diameter of 80 nm, a negative zeta potential (-39.5 mV), a high surface area (508 m2  g-1 ), and excellent adsorption performance towards cationic dyes (qmax =343.6 and 421.9 mg g-1 for methylene blue and rhodamine B, respectively).