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AIEgen modulated per-functionalized flower-like IRMOF-3 frameworks with tunable light emission and excellent sensing
Xujie Li1, Siqi Xie, Yuanzhuo Hu
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China. iliuqi@csu.edu.cn xqchen@csu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A series of functional IRMOF-3 frameworks with solid-state luminescence and tuneable light emission (from 490 to 608 nm) have been synthesized by per-functionalizing AIE-active Schiff-bases with zinc. These precursor AIE-active ligands endowed the functional frameworks with boosted fluorescence emission efficiencies (from 0.16% to 1.03%). IRMOF-3-h revealed a flower-like morphology attributed to the formation of J-aggregates, and could be used as a fluorescent probe for sensitive detection of copper(ii) (135 pM) and thiols (subnanomole).
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