A fluorescent Eu(III) MOF for highly selective and sensitive sensing of picric acid

Qianqian Chen, Jiahui Cheng, Jin Wang, Liang Li, Zhipeng Liu, Xinhui Zhou, Yujian You, Wei Huang

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Abstract

A metal-organic framework [Eu 3 L 3 (CH 3 COO) 2 (H 2 O) 23 -OH)]•3DMF, (EuL, H 2 L=9H-carbazole-2,7-dicarboxylic acid, DMF=N,N-dimethylformamide) has been synthesized under solvothermal conditions and structurally characterized. In EuL, Eu 6 O 8 clusters are four-bridged by carboxylates to form parallel-aligned Eu–O–C chains, which are further linked by the carbazole moieties of L 2− ligands to form the three-dimensional framework with rhombic channels. The EuL material with characteristic emission of Eu 3+ ion exhibits significant luminescence quenching response for picric acid (PA) and the linear Stern-Volmer plot was observed in the concentration range of 0.05–0.15 mM with K sv of 98074 M −1 . As far as we know, this K sv is among the highest values for COFs and MOFs in detection of PA. The excellent anti-interference ability and repeatability were also verified by experiments. Lastly, we investigated the luminescence quenching mechanism in the EuL sensing system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-211
Number of pages7
JournalScience China Chemistry
Volume62
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2019

Keywords

  • europium
  • metal-organic frameworks
  • picric acid
  • sensor

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