“…It presented remarkable bands at 3455, 3135, 2929, 1635, 1585, 1458, 1425, 1385, 1309, 1146, 995, 760, 694 and 426 cm À1 for ZIF-8 sample. These FT-IR bands were consistent with those previously reported by Cravillon et al, Ordonez et al and Jomekian et al [35][36][37] The band at 3455 cm À1 might be attributed to the N-H stretching vibration of the residual Hmim and the O-H stretching vibration of water from KBr deliquescence. The peaks at 3135 and 2929 cm À1 were associated with the aromatic and aliphatic C-H asymmetric stretching vibrations, respectively.…”