Issue 8, 2022

Pyrazine functionalization to boost the antenna effect in rare-earth metal–organic frameworks for tetracycline detection

Abstract

Here we report a generalizable strategy for the synthesis of rare-earth metal–organic frameworks (RE-MOFs) with 12-connected RE9 clusters and shp topology. A total of 26 isostructural RE-MOFs (JNU-205-RE and JNU-206-RE) were obtained from two X-shaped tetracarboxylate linkers, 4,4′,4′′,4′′′-benzene-2,3,5,6-tetrayl-tetrabenzoate (BTEB) and 4,4′,4′′,4′′′-pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetrayl-tetrabenzoate (BTTB). Among them, the two europium-based RE-MOFs (JNU-205-Eu and JNU-206-Eu) were observed to show characteristic red luminescence of Eu3+, indicating the antenna effect of both linkers for Eu3+ sensitization. Interestingly, the one constructed with a pyrazine-centered BTTB linker (JNU-206-Eu) exhibited a luminescence quantum yield 120 times that of the one constructed with a benzene-centered BTEB linker (JNU-205-Eu). We suspect pyrazine functionalization renders the antenna linker not only more electron rich but also with better conjugation, facilitating energy transfer from the linker to the metal and therefore leading to efficient Eu3+ sensitization. As a result, the luminescence quenching sensitivity of JNU-206-Eu for tetracyclines (TCs) was improved by a factor of 3 with a detection limit comparable to those of the best-performing MOF materials reported so far. Experimental data and theoretical calculations suggest the quenching mechanism be mainly ascribed to the internal filtration effect (IFE). Furthermore, a mixed matrix film by dispersion of JNU-206-Eu crystalline powders on a polycaprolactone sheet was applied to demonstrate rapid and visualizable luminescence response towards TCs with good reusability in aqueous solutions.

Graphical abstract: Pyrazine functionalization to boost the antenna effect in rare-earth metal–organic frameworks for tetracycline detection

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
27 Jan 2022
Accepted
17 Feb 2022
First published
22 Feb 2022

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 1714-1721

Pyrazine functionalization to boost the antenna effect in rare-earth metal–organic frameworks for tetracycline detection

K. Wu, X. Liu, Y. Huang, M. Xie, X. Xiong, J. Zheng, W. Lu and D. Li, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 1714 DOI: 10.1039/D2QI00214K

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