“…Fig.S3 † (lines c-f) shows the infrared spectra of γ-AlOOH @1.12%-Al(OH)(1,4-NDC)@n-ZIF-67 (n = 1, 2, 3, 4) composites. The bands of ZIF-67 appeared at 1458, 1423, 1386, 1309 and 850-650 cm −1 (ref.49 and 50) while the bands of γ-AlOOH@1.12%-Al(OH) (1,4-NDC) appeared at 1401, 1367, 740, 618 and 491 cm −1 ,36,51 which indicated that ZIF-67 was successfully loaded on γ-AlOOH@Al(OH)(1,4-NDC). Fig.S4b-f† show the infrared spectra of the γ-AlOOH@n′-ZIF-67 composite (n′ = 2, 4, 6, 8), and the characteristic vibration bands attributable to ZIF-67 appearing at 1386 and 1309 cm −1 and the characteristic vibrational bands attributed to γ-AlOOH appearing at 740, 618 and 491 cm −1 indicate that ZIF-67 is successfully loaded on γ-AlOOH.As shown in Fig.S5† (line a and line b), the characteristic diffraction peaks of γ-Al 2 O 3 and γ-AlOOH appear at 2θ = 14.5, 28.1, 38.2, 48.9 and 64.6°(ref.43 and 44) and 14.5°, 28.1°, 38.2°, 48.9°, 51.6°, 55.0°, 64.6°,52 respectively.…”