Nitroaromatic sensing with a new lanthanide coordination polymer [Er2(C10H4O4S2)3(H2O)6]:N assembled by 2,2′-bithiophene-5,5′-dicarboxylate

Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Raul E. Ortega, Logesh Mathivathanan, Daniel T. De Lill

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Abstract

A new three dimensional lanthanide-containing coordination polymer composed of 2,2′-bithiophene-5,5′-dicarboxylic acid ([Er2(C10H4O4S2)3(H2O)6]n) was solvothermally synthesized and characterized using single crystal X-ray diffraction, PXRD, FTIR, TGA, and luminescence measurements. The emission of this compound dispersed in ethanol is linker based and is quenched upon addition of nitroaromatic species due to a charge transfer from the MOF to the nitroaromatic species. This compound is able to sense a variety of nitroaromatic species, but is particularly sensitive to nitrophenols and nitroaniline.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10929-10934
Number of pages6
JournalNew Journal of Chemistry
Volume41
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge Florida Atlantic University for funding this project and Jessica Clark and Daniel O’Nolan for laboratory assistance. The authors would also like to thank Professor Raphael G. Raptis and Florida International University for access to the X-ray diffractometer and Dr Ozlem Yavuz-Petrowski of Florida Atlantic University for enlightening discussions about the manuscript.

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Florida Atlantic University

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