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Ratiometric recognition of humidity by a europium-organic framework equipped with quasi-open metal site

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Open metal site (OMS) seated in a luminescent lanthanide (Ln) metal center offers an opportunity for rationally tuning the spectroscopic behavior of lanthanide-organic frameworks aiming for a wide range of sensing applications. However, given the spherical nature of common coordination geometries of trivalent lanthanides and the generally strong Ln-O bonds, the lanthanide based OMS is rarely reported and difficult to be functionalized. We report here a unique europium-organic framework containing abundant quasi-OMS that is protected by an abnormal weak Eu-O bond. These quasi-OMSs offer reversible direct binding sites for water molecules probed by X-ray crystallography, leading to sensitive, visible, and ratiometric luminescent sensing toward humidity and water content in organic solvents. The specific recognition of water based on quasi-luminescent-OMSs gives rise to a superior water detection limit down to 0.0003% v/v, which is one order of magnitude lower than that of Karl Fischer method.

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This work was supported by the Young Taishan Scholars Program (tsqn201909082, tsqn201909087), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21825601, 21790370, 21790374), the Top Discipline in Materials Science of Shandong Province, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR201910290031).

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    Wei Zhang, Zhuyin Sui, Zhijun Xu, Xiaoze Wang, Min Lei, Hongfa Zhang, Zhongyue Li, Wei Liu & Wei Du

  2. State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Jian Xie, Yanlong Wang & Shuao Wang

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Zhang, W., Xie, J., Sui, Z. et al. Ratiometric recognition of humidity by a europium-organic framework equipped with quasi-open metal site. Sci. China Chem. 64, 1723–1729 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-021-1050-1

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