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A windmill-like Zn3L2 cage exhibiting conformational change imparted sensing for DMA and highly selective naked-eye detection of Co2+ ion by dynamic quenching

  • Kai Xing
  • , Ruiqing Fan*
  • , Xi Du
  • , Yang Song
  • , Wei Chen
  • , Xuesong Zhou
  • , Xubin Zheng
  • , Ping Wang
  • , Yulin Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A Zn3L2-type metal organic aggregate featuring “six leaf windmill” shaped double cages constructed from a semi-rigid tripodal carboxyl acid ligand H3TCPB (1,3,5-tri(4-carboxyphenoxy) benzene) exhibits sensitive luminescent response toward DMA with obvious intensity enhancement and red-shift. During the procedure, the host-gust interaction was supported by single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation involving drastic conformational change of the molecular host upon μ2-bridging H2O release and the sensing mechanism was also discussed through theoretical calculations from charge separation hypothesis perspective. The DMA post-modified result of crystal transforming reveals high selective and effective naked eye reversible recognition for Co2+ ions through the dynamic and static quenching mechanisms. Moreover, the visual luminescent test paper was realized for potential application in concerns of the biology and environment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)68-76
Number of pages9
JournalSensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Volume257
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Co ion dynamic quenching
  • DMA sensing
  • Drastic conformational change
  • Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations
  • Test paper
  • ZnL metal organic cages

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