Shen et al. grew ordered arrays of microcrystals of the ZIF - 8 metal - organic framework, in which zinc ions are bridged by 2 - methylimidazole linkers, inside a porous polystyrene template. (science.sciencemag.org)
Wei Liu, a TSRI staff scientist who was first author of the study, said, «It's a big advantage that you don't have to harvest individual crystals — you can just load the whole gel - like sample with embedded microcrystals in the injector and start collecting data. (sciencedaily.com)
The ASU team contributed to many aspects of the study, which range from experimental planning to the application of injector technology, growth and biophysical characterization of the PYP microcrystals and data evalution. (sciencedaily.com)