Phase Transformation, Exceptional Quenching Efficiency, and Discriminative Recognition of Nitroaromatic Analytes in Hydrophobic, Nonporous Zn(II) Coordination Frameworks

Jeong Hwa Song, Yeonga Kim, Kwang Soo Lim, Dong Won Kang, Woo Ram Lee, Chang Seop Hong

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Abstract

Five-fold interpenetrated Zn(II) frameworks (1 and 2) have been prepared, and an irreversible phase transformation from 1 to 2 is found to occur through a dissolution-recrystallization process. Compound 1 exhibits the highest quenching efficiency (>96%) for nitrobenzene at 7 ppm among luminescent coordination polymers. Selective discrimination of nitroaromatic molecules including o-nitrophenol (o-NP), p-nitrophenol (p-NP), 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), and 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) is realized in 1 and 2 as a result of the fact that the framework-analyte interaction affords characteristic emission signals. This observation is the first case of a nonporous coordination framework for such discriminative detection. Notably, significant hydrophobicity is evident in the framework 1 because of its surface roughness, which accounts for the enhanced quenching ability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-312
Number of pages8
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume56
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Jan 3

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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