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Recent advances in luminescent metal-organic frameworks for chemical sensors

基于荧光金属有机框架的化学检测器研究进展

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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), comprised of metal ions/clusters and organic ligands, have shown promising potential for numerous applications. Recently, luminescent MOFs (LMOFs), with the superiorities of inherent crystallinity, definite structure, tunable pore, and multiple functionalizations, have bloomed out as sensors for the detection. Numerous LMOFs have been synthesized and used for sensing applications. Herein, the recent advances of LMOFs as chemical sensors for the detection of diverse targets, including metal ions, anions, small molecules, volatile organic compounds, nitro-aromatic explosives, gases, and biomolecules, have been summarized. Additionally, the detection mechanisms and the relationship between structure and properties of the materials are also illustrated. This review could be useful reference for the rational construction and sensing applications of LMOFs.

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由金属离子/簇与有机配体构筑的金属有机框架 (metal-organic frameworks, MOFs) 近年来受到广泛关注.. 作为一类典型的 MOFs材料, 荧光MOFs(LMOFs)因具有结晶度高、结构多样、孔 隙率可调、孔道易修饰等特点在化学检测领域展现出重要的应用 前景. 迄今为止, 大量的LMOFs已被合成并用于多种物质检测. 本 文综述了 LMOFs对金属阳离子、阴离子、小分子、有机物、爆炸 物、气体、生物分子等物质检测的近期研究进展, 总结了荧光检 测机理和结构-性能关系, 为后续定向构筑性能优异的新型LMOFs 材料提供参考.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21531005, 21421001, 21905142, and 91856124), and the Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (B18030).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Jie He  (何杰), Jialiang Xu  (徐加良), Jiacheng Yin  (尹佳成), Na Li  (李娜) & Xian-He Bu  (卜显和)

  2. State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    Xian-He Bu  (卜显和)

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He J prepared the manuscript under the guidance of Li N, Bu XH. Yin J searched the references. Xu J, Li N, and Bu XH revised the manuscript. All authors contributed to the general discussion and revision of the manuscript.

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Jie He received his BSc degree in chemistry in 2015 from Hexi University and MSc degree at Hubei University in 2018. Now, he is pursuing his PhD degree at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University under the supervision of Prof. Xian-He Bu. His research interests focus on the controlled synthesis of MOFs and their applications in luminescent sensing and catalysis.

Na Li obtained her PhD degree in inorganic chemistry in 2018 from Nankai University under the supervision of Prof. Xian-He Bu. Then, she joined Prof. Bu’s group as a postdoctoral research associate at Nankai University. Her recent research focuses on the design, controlled synthesis, and applications of new porous materials.

Xian-He Bu received his BSc and PhD degrees from Nankai University in 1986 and 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Yun-Ti Chen. He was promoted to a full professor in 1995. He was a visiting professor at Tokyo University (1999), Kyoto University (2002), IMS (1998), CUHK (2002) and HKUST (2004). In 2002, he won the support of the National Outstanding Youth Foundation; in 2004, he was selected as Cheung Kong Scholar Professor by the Ministry of Education. He is now the dean of School of Materials Science and Engineering of Nankai University. His research focuses on functional coordination chemistry, MOFs, crystal engineering, molecular magnetism, etc.

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He, J., Xu, J., Yin, J. et al. Recent advances in luminescent metal-organic frameworks for chemical sensors. Sci. China Mater. 62, 1655–1678 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-019-1169-9

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