A highly stable 3D acentric zinc metal-organic framework based on two symmetrical flexible ligands: high second-harmonic-generation efficiency and tunable photoluminescence

Inorg Chem. 2014 May 5;53(9):4278-80. doi: 10.1021/ic500315z. Epub 2014 Apr 14.

Abstract

A 3D metal-organic framework (MOF), [Zn(BPHY)(SA)]n (1; BPHY = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)hydrazine, H2SA = succinic acid), which crystallizes in a noncentrosysmmetric space group (Cc), has been solvothermally obtained and testified to be a good nonlinear-optical material with the largest second-harmonic-generation response among the known MOFs based on sysmmetric ligands and high stability. Ultraviolet-to-visible tunable emission for 1 is observed.