Issue 7, 2015

Chemical sensing in two dimensional porous covalent organic nanosheets

Abstract

Two new imide-based crystalline, porous, and chemically stable covalent organic frameworks (COFs) (TpBDH and TfpBDH) have been successfully synthesized employing solvothermal crystallization route. Furthermore, thin layered covalent organic nanosheets (CONs) were derived from these bulk COFs by the simple liquid phase exfoliation method. These 2D CONs showcase increased luminescence intensity compared to their bulk counterparts (COFs). Notably, TfpBDH-CONs showcase good selectivity and prominent, direct visual detection towards different nitroaromatic analytes over TpBDH-CONs. Quite interestingly, TfpBDH-CONs exhibit a superior “turn-on” detection capability for 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) in the solid state, but conversely, they also show a “turn-off” detection in the dispersion state. These findings describe a new approach towards developing an efficient, promising fluorescence chemosensor material for both visual and spectroscopic detection of nitroaromatic compounds with very low [10−5 (M)] analyte concentrations.

Graphical abstract: Chemical sensing in two dimensional porous covalent organic nanosheets

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
10 Feb 2015
Accepted
29 Apr 2015
First published
29 Apr 2015
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 3931-3939

Chemical sensing in two dimensional porous covalent organic nanosheets

G. Das, B. P. Biswal, S. Kandambeth, V. Venkatesh, G. Kaur, M. Addicoat, T. Heine, S. Verma and R. Banerjee, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 3931 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC00512D

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