Zinc(II)-based coordination polymer encapsulated Tb3+ as a multi-responsive luminescent sensor for Ru3+, Fe3+, CrO42−, Cr2O72− and MnO4−

June 29, 2020

Title

Zinc(II)-based coordination polymer encapsulated Tb3+ as a multi-responsive luminescent sensor for Ru3+, Fe3+, CrO42−, Cr2O72− and MnO4−

Year

2020

Journal

RSC Advances

Abstract

A zinc(II)-based coordination polymer (CP), namely [Zn(modbc)2]n (Zn-CP) (modbc = 2-methyl-6-oxygen-1,6-dihydro-3,4′-bipyridine-5-carbonitrile), has been synthesized and characterized. Single-crystal structural determination reveals that Zn-CP is a two-dimensional framework structure with tetranuclear homometallic Zn4(modbc)4 units cross-linked by modbc. The excellent luminescence as well as good stability of Zn-CP do not enable it to have selective sensing capability for different ions. After encapsulation of Tb3+ in Zn-CP, the as-obtained fluorescent functionalized Tb3+@Zn-CP maintained excellent luminescence as well as stability, which made it a highly selective and sensitive multiresponsive luminescent sensor for Ru3+, Fe3+, CrO42−, Cr2O72−, and MnO4− with high sensitivity, good anti-interference performance, and quick response time (∼10 s). The detection limits are 0.27 μM, 0.57 μM, 0.10 μM, 0.43 μM and 0.15 μM, respectively. A possible sensing mechanism was discussed in detail.

Instrument

V-570

Keywords

Absorption, Coordination chemistry, Polymers, Chemical stability, Inorganic chemistry, Materials