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A Robust Luminescent Tb(III)-MOF with Lewis Basic Pyridyl Sites for the Highly Sensitive Detection of Metal Ions and Small Molecules

Jun Zhao, Ye-Nan Wang, Wen-Wen Dong, Ya-Pan Wu, Dong-Sheng Li*, Qi-Chun Zhang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new luminescent terbium-metal-organic framework [Tb3(L)2(HCOO)(H2O)5]·DMF·4H2O (1) (H4L = 4,4′-(pyridine-3,5-diyl)diisophthalic acid) has been successfully assembled by Tb3+ ions and an undeveloped pyridyl-tetracarboxylate. Compound 1 exhibits a 3D porous (3,8)-connected (4.52)2(42.512.66.75.83) topological framework with fascinating 1D open hydrophilic channels decorated by uncoordinated Lewis basic pyridyl nitrogen atoms. In particular, the Tb-MOF (1) can detect Cu2+ ions with high selectivity and sensitivity, and its luminescence is nearly entirely quenched in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solution and biological system. In addition, 1 still has high detection for the trace content of nitromethane with 70 ppm, which suggests that 1 is a promising example of dual functional materials with sensing copper ions and nitromethane.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3265-3271
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume55
Issue number7
Online published11 Mar 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

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