Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are high surface area porous materials with uniform pores. MOFs are among the widely investigated porous materials because of their potential applications in adsorption, oil-water separation, catalysis, and other such applications. However, MOFs are not stable enough in aqueous environments, which restricts their application in practice. We converted hydrophilic UiO-66-SH into hydrophobic UiO-66-RA by introducing rosin acid into organic linkers. The material was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron ...
