Cavity engineering of amorphous zeolitic imidazolate framework colloids and their core-shell architectures

Special Topic: Hollow Multishelled Structure

Open Access

Issue		Natl Sci Open Volume 5, Number 3, 2026 Special Topic: Hollow Multishelled Structure


Article Number		20260003
Number of page(s)		10
Section		Materials Science
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20260003
Published online		01 February 2026

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