Yolk/shell ZIF-8 Pickering emulsions can be easily formed.
The number of the yolk is adjustable by coalescence of microdroplets.
ZIF-8 nanoparticles can gelate sodium alginate to form ZIF-8/alginate films.
Yolk/shell ZIF-8/alginate hybrid microcapsules are prepared from yolk/shell ZIF-8 Pickering emulsions.
The hybrid microcapsules exhibit different controlled release rates in neutral and acid solutions.