Ultrafast water sensing and thermal imaging by a metal-organic framework with switchable luminescence

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 15985 - 10
• Main Authors: Chen, Ling, Ye, Jia-Wen, Wang, Hai-Ping, Pan, Mei, Yin, Shao-Yun, Wei, Zhang-Wen, Zhang, Lu-Yin, Wu, Kai, Fan, Ya-Nan, Su, Cheng-Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 30.06.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/638/298/921; Blowing; Dehydration; Detection; Emissivity; Heat detection; Humanities and Social Sciences; Ligands; Luminescence; multidisciplinary; Organic solvents; Photoluminescence; Photons; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Single crystals; Solvents; Switching; Thermal imaging; Water analysis; Water chemistry; Zinc; Zinc oxide

A convenient, fast and selective water analysis method is highly desirable in industrial and detection processes. Here a robust microporous Zn-MOF (metal–organic framework, Zn(hpi2cf)(DMF)(H 2 O)) is assembled from a dual-emissive H 2 hpi2cf (5-(2-(5-fluoro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-4,5-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-1...