Heterometallic Hybrid Open Frameworks: Synthesis and Application for Selective Detection of Nitro Explosives

Kangcai Wang, Xin Tian, Yunhe Jin, Jie Sun, Qinghua Zhang

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Abstract

Three inorganic-organic hybrid open frameworks based on heterometallic cluster building blocks, formulated as Cd2Cs3(NDC)3(OAc)(DMA)2(H2O) (1), [NH2(CH3)2]2·Cd2Mg(NDC)4·Gx (2), and [NH2(CH3)2]3·Cd2K(NDC)4·Gx (3) (H2NDC = 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, G = guest solvent molecule), were synthesized under solvothermal conditions. Compound 1 has a pillared layered structure featuring inorganic hcb-type layers with 14-ring windows and simultaneously exhibits a 3D open framework constructed from two types of heterometallic clusters, i.e., {Cd2Cs2O18} and {CdCs4O18}, and the NDC2- ligand. Compounds 2 and 3 are constructed from linear trinuclear {Cd2M} (M = Mg and K) building blocks and the NDC2- ligand, featuring 1D square channels with rld-z topology. Of the three heterometallic hybrid open frameworks, compounds 1 and 2 exhibited strong blue-light emission due to the presence of fluorescent organic ligands in the anionic frameworks, and more importantly, their strong fluorescence could be selectively quenched toward the nitro explosive picric acid (PA). Mechanism study has demonstrated that the high fluorescence quenching selectivity of both hybrid materials toward PA might be due to resonance energy transfer and photoinduced electron transfer processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1836-1842
Number of pages7
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume17
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Apr 2017
Externally publishedYes

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