Lanthanide-Organic Frameworks with Uncoordinated Lewis Base Sites: Tunable Luminescence, Antibiotic Detection, and...

Several new isostructural lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs), {[Ln₂(L)₃DMA₄]·2DMA} (1-Ln, where Ln = Eu, Tb, or EuTb_1-), were first constructed via the solvothermal reactions of 4,6-di(4-carboxyphenyl)pyrimidine and Ln³⁺ ions. 1-Ln exhibits a 4-connected two-dimensional framework endowed with uncoordinated Lewis base sites. An exploration of luminescence sensing demonstrated 1-Eu can be used for the selectivity detection of dimetridazole and metronidazole antibiotics in other antibiotics, blood plasma, and urine, acting as an exceptional recyclable luminescent probe. More importantly, the luminescent inks of 1-Ln are invisible, color adjustable, and stabilized, which may greatly improve their anticounterfeiting applications.