Resumen: A novel modification of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) with 2-undecylimidazolate (umIm) was explored to enhance its hydrophobic character and improve its compatibility with polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-1 when incorporated as a filler in mixed matrix membranes (MMMs). In addition to the study of the best conditions to exchange the structural ligand of ZIF-8 by umIm and the characterization (by FTIR, RMN, XRD, TGA, N2 adsorption and TEM) of the obtained material, comparative analyses were conducted using MMMs containing the original ZIF-8 and the modified version. Different loadings were applied to study the impact on gas separation properties. Remarkably, the MMM with the modified ZIF-8 demonstrated superior performance surpassing the Robeson upper bound line of 2008 and revealing the effectiveness of this MOF modification strategy. In fact, with the 10 wt% ZIF-8-umIm loading MMM, the highest value of CO2/N2 selectivity was 15.4 (12% higher than that of bare PIM-1) at a CO2 permeability of 16 667 Barrer (52% higher than that of bare PIM-1). These findings highlight the promising potential of the ZIF-8 modification with umIm as a valuable filler material for MMMs in gas separation applications. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1039/d3ta07109j Año: 2024 Publicado en: Journal of Materials Chemistry A 12, 17 (2024), 10316-10328 ISSN: 2050-7488 Factor impacto JCR: 9.5 (2024) Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL rank: 33 / 185 = 0.178 (2024) - Q1 - T1 Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 63 / 460 = 0.137 (2024) - Q1 - T1 Categ. JCR: ENERGY & FUELS rank: 29 / 182 = 0.159 (2024) - Q1 - T1 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 2.462 - Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Q1) - Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1)