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A novel terbium 2-hydroxymethyl-benzoimidazole-6-carboxylic acid complex has been designed and unique emission changes to fluoride anions in comparison with HSO −4 , AcO−, Cl−, Br−, and I− were observed. Then, the complex was encapsulated into an inorganic matrix. The novel hybrid material, with strong green emission was successfully synthesized as an anions receptor in water. More importantly, this hybrid material not only gave luminescence response to F−, but also to HSO −4 . Spectroscopic studies demonstrated that the recognition process for fluoride ions can be mainly ascribed to its hydrogen bonding interactions with hydrogen bond donor units (NH and OH). In case of hydrogen sulfate, the sensing effects can be probably attributed to its acidity instead of hydrogen bonding interactions.
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Zhang, ZY., Wang, QM., Wu, JZ. et al. From a Tb3+ chelated compound to a hybrid material: selective emission responses to anions. Chem. Pap. 66, 221–225 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11696-011-0123-1
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