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A Temperature-Responsive Smart Europium Metal-Organic Framework Switch for Reversible Capture and Release of
Min Zhu1, Xue-Zhi Song1, Shu-Yan Song2
1State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 5625 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China.
Abstract:
Stimuli-responsive structural transformations are emerging as a scaffold to develop a charming class of smart materials. A EuL metal-organic framework (MOF) undergoes a reversible temperature-stimulated single-crystal to single-crystal transformation, showing a specific behavior of fast capture/release of free Eu3+ in the channels at low and room temperatures. At room temperature, compound 1a is obtained with one free carboxylate group severing as further hook, featuring one-dimensional square channels filled with intrinsic free europium ions. Trigged by lowering the ambient temperature, 1b is gained. In 1b, the intrinsic free europium ions can be fast captured by the carboxylate-hooks anchored in the framework, resulting in the structural change and its channel distortion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such a rapid and reversible switch stemming from dynamic control between noncovalent and covalent Eu-ligand interactions. Utilizing EuL MOF to detect highly explosive 2,4,6-trinitrophenol at room temperature and low temperature provides a glimpse into the potential of this material in fluorescence sensors.
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