A visually detectable pH responsive zirconium metal-organic framework

Su-Young Moon; Ashlee J Howarth; Timothy Wang; Nicolaas A Vermeulen; Joseph T Hupp; Omar K Farha

doi:10.1039/c5cc10384c

A visually detectable pH responsive zirconium metal-organic framework

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Feb 25;52(16):3438-41. doi: 10.1039/c5cc10384c.

Authors

Su-Young Moon¹, Ashlee J Howarth¹, Timothy Wang¹, Nicolaas A Vermeulen¹, Joseph T Hupp¹, Omar K Farha²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. o-farha@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. o-farha@northwestern.edu and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science King Abdulaziz, University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 26832648
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc10384c

Abstract

A halochromic Zr6-based metal-organic framework is synthesized using solvent-assisted linker incorporation (SALI) with NU-1000 as a platform and carboxylnaphthofluorescein as a pH sensitive ligand. The functionalized MOF can catalytically detoxify nerve agent simulants in addition to visually detecting the acidic byproduct produced during detoxification.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.