Research data supporting ‘Facile synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework coated glass microspheres’

Data set contains information for Manuscript and Supplementary data for all figures except SEM images and schematics. Separate folders are available for each figure. Originpro graphing software was used to plot all graphs. • Raw (.raw) files generated from PXRD diffractometer directly, these were then converted to .xy files using PowDLL and can be directly opened in excel. xy files contain the PXRD patterns of the samples. OriginPro used to plot the figure. These were used in the Pawley refinement Topas input file (.inp) generated using jEdit Programmer’s text editor. • .UA files (SDT files) generated directly from Discovery SDT 650; raw data were opened using TA Instruments Thermal Analysis software (Advantage/Universal Analysis (UA) Software) and exported as an excel spreadsheet. • DSC: .ngb-ddg files generated directly from NETSCH DSC 214 Polyma calorimeter, these files were opened in Netzsch Proteus® software package and exported as .csv files. • FTIR .txt files were exported directly from the FTIR spectrometer. These can be opened in notepad or excel or equivalent programmes. The .SPA files are the raw data taken directly from the spectrometer and exported using Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Omnic Series Software. • UV/VIS: .dsw and .bsw files were generated directly on Agilent UV-VIS spectrophotometer; data were exported as .xlsx or .csv files using Agilent’s Cary WinUV Software platform. • Mass loss data (Figure S30) generated by physically weighing samples and recording mass in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. • pH values (Figure S32) were generated by physically recording pH values obtained and inputted in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. • Microsphere sizes (Figure S5) were recorded using the associated SEM images directly in software on the FEI Nova Nano SEM 450 electroscope used to take the images and were inputted in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.