Interface construction in microporous metal-organic frameworks from luminescent terbium-based building blocks

Erlong Ning; Lingyi Yang; Binbin Tu; Qingqing Pang; Xiaomin Li; Huoshu Xu; Yi Qi; Qiaowei Li

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.056

Interface construction in microporous metal-organic frameworks from luminescent terbium-based building blocks

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2019 Sep 15:552:372-377. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.056. Epub 2019 May 18.

Authors

Erlong Ning¹, Lingyi Yang¹, Binbin Tu¹, Qingqing Pang¹, Xiaomin Li¹, Huoshu Xu¹, Yi Qi¹, Qiaowei Li²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China.
² Department of Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China. Electronic address: qwli@fudan.edu.cn.

PMID: 31136855
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.056

Abstract

Interfaces between the pores and the skeletons in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) define the places where the materials interact with the incoming guests, and constructing functionalized interfaces in MOFs is crucial for various applications. In this report, by using the platform of the well-known terbium-based 12-connected building units, four isoreticular MOFs, FDM-34-37, with fcu-a topology in single crystal form were obtained with linear organic linkers featuring diversified edge lengths (from 17.4 to 23.8 Å) and functionalities (naphthalene, bipyridine, stilbene, and rotatable triphenyl rings). With the surface areas of up to 1850 m² g^-1, these MOFs feature distinct pores with fine-tuned sizes. Furthermore, the relationship between the luminescence originated from the terbium, and the energy transfer between the metals and the linkers on the interfaces were carefully investigated. With characteristic luminescence and potentially active sites from both the metals and the linkers, these MOFs show prospects in various applications.

Keywords: Interface construction; Luminescence; Metal–organic framework; Reticular chemistry; Secondary building unit.