Facile fabrication of a highly (110)-oriented ZIF-7 film with rod-shaped seeds.

In this study, we report a novel synthetic strategy to prepare a highly (110)-oriented ZIF-7 film possessing superior anti-corrosion properties via oriented epitaxial growth. Our work provides insights into facile preparation of oriented uniform MOF single seed layers and films with rod-shaped MOF seeds as building blocks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]