A luminescent metal-organic framework constructed using a tetraphenylethene-based ligand for sensing volatile organic compounds

Xun-Gao Liu; Hui Wang; Bin Chen; Yang Zou; Zhi-Guo Gu; Zujin Zhao; Liang Shen

doi:10.1039/c4cc08945f

A luminescent metal-organic framework constructed using a tetraphenylethene-based ligand for sensing volatile organic compounds

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jan 31;51(9):1677-80. doi: 10.1039/c4cc08945f.

Authors

Xun-Gao Liu¹, Hui Wang, Bin Chen, Yang Zou, Zhi-Guo Gu, Zujin Zhao, Liang Shen

Affiliation

¹ College of Material Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, China. Xungaoliu@hznu.edu.cn mszjzhao@scut.edu.cn.

PMID: 25502496
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc08945f

Abstract

By using a tetraphenylethene (TPE)-based ligand, tetrakis[4-(4-carboxyphenyl)phenyl]ethene (H4TCPPE), a porous metal-organic framework [Zn2(TCPPE)] (1) is synthesized, which exhibits strong fluorescence and is capable of gas adsorption and sensing volatile organic compounds.