Water-stable lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks for rapid and sensitive detection of nitrobenzene derivatives

  • Ling Ling Ren
  • , Ying Ying Cui
  • , Ai Ling Cheng*
  • , En Qing Gao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Two novel lanthanide metal-organic frameworks, namely {[Ln2(NSBPDC)3(H2O)4]·x(H2O)}n (Ln = Eu 1, Tb 2), have been facilely synthesized with 6-nitro-2,2’-sulfone-4,4’-dicarboxylic acid (H2NSBPDC). Structural analyses revealed that the two complexes are both three-dimensional (3D) non-interpenetrating networks based on infinite rod-shaped LnIII carboxylate SBUs and exhibit 1D channels decorated with functional groups. Fluorescence measurements show that complex 1 can serve as a fast and recyclable fluorescence sensor for nitroaromatics detection via a turn-off response with low detection limits. The fluorescence quenching of 1 for nitroaromatics is presumably due to the following two reasons: the photo-induced electronic transfer mechanism and the competitive adsorption mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)463-469
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume270
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2019

Keywords

  • Detection
  • Lanthanide
  • Luminescence
  • Metal-organic framework
  • Nitroaromatic explosives

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