Abstract
A new 3D metal-organic framework, namely, {Zn4(H2BPTC)2(HCOO)4}n (SNNU-1, H4BPTC=biphenyl-3,3',5,5'-tetracarboxylic acid, SNNU=Shaanxi Normal University) has been solvothermal synthesized. Four independent tetrahedral Zn atoms are connected by organic ligands to form a 2D Zn-H2BPTC layer, which is further bridged by in-situ generated HCOO- to give the 3D pillar-layered framework of SNNU-1. Unique Zn and H2BPTC all act as 4-connected nodes leading to a new 4,4,4-connected topological net with point symbol of {4·5·62·82}{4·52·62·8}{52·63·7}. Notably, intense blue emission band is observed for SNNU-1, which exhibits solvent-dependent effect. Compared to other common organic solvents, chloroform can specially improve the photoluminescent intensity of SNNU-1. Further repeated response and release experiments clearly showed that SNNU-1 can act as luminescent sensor for selective and reversible detection of chloroform.
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