Issue 37, 2013
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Dalton Transactions

A luminescent metal–organic framework for sensing methanol in ethanol solution†

Zhao Jin,a   Hongming He,a   Huanyu Zhao,b   Tsolmon Borjigin,a   Fuxing Sun,a   Daming Zhangc  and  Guangshan Zhu*ab  

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a State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis & Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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b Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
E-mail: g.zhu@griffith.edu.au

c College of Electronic Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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Abstract

A new luminescent Zn-MOF has been synthesized under hydrothermal condition using a semi-rigid ligand H3pcoip (4-(2-carboxyphenoxy)isophthalic acid) is reported. The luminescence properties of 1 in methanol, ethanol, and water have been investigated. Interestingly, compound 1 has a unique response to methanol compared to ethanol and water. Moreover, 1 displays a turn-on switching property triggered by methanol solvent molecules and a high sensitivity towards methanol concentration as low as 2 × 10−7 (VMeOH/Vtotal) in ethanol solution. The results indicate that the Zn-MOF has potential application as a sensor for detecting methanol in ethanol solution with excellent selectivity and high sensitivity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3DT51414E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 May 2013
Accepted
19 Jul 2013
First published
23 Jul 2013

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 13335-13338

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A luminescent metal–organic framework for sensing methanol in ethanol solution

Z. Jin, H. He, H. Zhao, T. Borjigin, F. Sun, D. Zhang and G. Zhu, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 13335 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT51414E

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