laser ablation in liquids for zif-8 nanostructures preparation: optical properties and antibacterial activity

This experimental investigation first employed the laser ablation technique to synthesize zinc zeolite imidazolate framework (zn-zif) as a subset of metal-organic frameworks (mof) in a liquid environment. this experimental investigation irradiated a laser on a zinc metal target in a methanol (meoh) solution containing 2-methylimidazole ligand to synthesize zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (zif-8) nanostructures. three samples of zn-zif nanostructures were produced in three ligand concentrations. the antibacterial activity was evaluated by escherichia coli (e. coli) and staphylococcus aureus (s. aureus) of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, respectively. based on the results, laser ablation is a rapid technique for the preparation of zif-8 nanostructures. with increasing ligand concentration, the number of nanostructures produced in the ablation liquid environment increased.