Abstract
Driven by π–π and CH−π interactions, coordination polymer-based crystals (Cu(II)-CPCs) were formed from 1D aggregated copper(II) complexes. Interestingly, these Cu(II)-CPCs crystals exhibit distinctively differential fluorescence properties in response to various types of anions. More interestingly, it was found that anion exchange occurring on the Cu(II)-CPC surface alone was sufficient to promote drastic and near-maximum modulation of their fluorescence properties. Extensive data from the nonlinear fluorescence analysis, ion exchange transmission electron microscopy (TEM) element mapping, analysis of anions by ion chromatography, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed the surface structure to be the main factor that controls the fluorescence response of Cu(II)-CPCs.
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