Correction: Selective sacrificial metal–organic frameworks: a highly quantitative colorimetric naked-eye detector for aluminum ions in aqueous solutions

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Correction for ‘Selective sacrificial metal–organic frameworks: a highly quantitative colorimetric naked-eye detector for aluminum ions in aqueous solutions’ by Farzaneh Rouhani et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 18634–18641, https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA03647D.

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The authors wish to draw the readers’ attention to their closely related paper, published at nearly the same time in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers,¹ which should have been cited in this J. Mater. Chem. A paper.

This paper, ref. 1 and 2 all report the synthesis and characterisation of the MOF TMU-60, in ref. 2 the authors present a new method to regulate the conductivity of TMU-60, in this J. Mater. Chem. A paper the authors report the use of TMU-60 as a sensor for aluminum ions, and in ref. 1 the authors report the use of TMU-60 as a heterogeneous catalyst. Due to the overlap in the synthesis and characterisation, ref. 1 should have been cited in this J. Mater. Chem. A paper.

The authors regret unattributed text, figure and data overlap between their article and ref. 2.

Fig. 1, S2, S3, S4, S6 and Tables S1, S2 were re-used in part or in full from ref. 2 without being correctly attributed and without permission from the Publisher.

The authors have now received the permission to reuse the images and the corrected captions are shown below:

Fig. 1. Representation of the 2D sheets formed by the interaction of the paddle-wheel Zn₂(COO)₄ secondary building unit and H₂OBA ligand (A and B). Schematic picture of L* pillar (C), expansion of the structure in 3D (D) and two-fold interpenetration of TMU-60 (D). Color code: C: gray; O: red; N: blue, Zn: green and H: yellow. Reproduced in part from Farzaneh Rouhani et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 28, 11173–11182, with permission from the American Chemical Society.

Fig. S2. N₂ adsorption–desorption isotherms of TMU-60 after activation. Reproduced from Farzaneh Rouhani et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 28, 11173–11182, with permission from the American Chemical Society.

Fig. S3. The TGA and DTA curves of TMU-60. Reproduced from Farzaneh Rouhani et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 28, 11173–11182, with permission from the American Chemical Society.

Fig. S4. (A) The XRD pattern and (B) BET of TMU-60 placed at 250 °C for 12 hours. Reproduced in part from Farzaneh Rouhani et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 28, 11173–11182, with permission from the American Chemical Society.

Fig. S6. (A) The XRD pattern and (B) BET of TMU-60 after 24 h immersion in water. Reproduced in part from Farzaneh Rouhani et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 28, 11173–11182, with permission from the American Chemical Society.

Table S1. Crystal data and structure refinements of TMU-60. Reproduced from Farzaneh Rouhani et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 28, 11173–11182, with permission from the American Chemical Society.

Table S2. Selected bond lengths (Å) and angles (°) for TMU-60. Reproduced from Farzaneh Rouhani et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 28, 11173–11182, with permission from the American Chemical Society.

The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.

References

1. F. Rouhani, B. Gharib and A. Morsali, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, 6, 2412–2422.
2. F. Rouhani, F. Rafizadeh-Masuleh and A. Morsali, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141(28), 11173–11182.

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