Catalysis

Composite number

Engineering

Sponge

Fabrication

Materials science

Melamine

Knoevenagel condensation

Chemical engineering

Geology

Porosity

Paleontology

Alternative medicine

Organic chemistry

Composite material

Medicine

Chemistry

Pathology

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Here is reported the fabrication of a highly porous and hydrophobic melamine sponge based composite (MF-ZIF-8 sponge) with effective catalysis <italic>via</italic> the simple surface growth of ZIF-8 onto the strut surface of melamine sponge.

Multiphase surface growth of hydrophobic ZIF-8 on melamine sponge for excellent oil/water separation and effective catalysis in a Knoevenagel reaction