An exceptional water stable terbium-based metal-organic framework for selective detection of pesticides

A terbium-based metal-organic framework (MOF) with exceptional water stability for highly selective detection of pesticide thiamethoxam (TMX) in aqueous solution is reported. To date, most reported lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs) still exhibit poor water stability, which may limit thei...

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Veröffentlicht in:RSC advances 2024-10, Vol.14 (47), p.3522-35226
Hauptverfasser: Liu, Ching-Ping, Lin, Ting-En, Chiang, Jung-Chang, Chen, Bo-Jhen, Chien, Po-Hsiu, Chien, Su-Ying, Lee, Gene-Hsiang, Liu, Yen-Hsiang, Lu, Kuang-Lieh
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Zusammenfassung:A terbium-based metal-organic framework (MOF) with exceptional water stability for highly selective detection of pesticide thiamethoxam (TMX) in aqueous solution is reported. To date, most reported lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs) still exhibit poor water stability, which may limit their practical applications in bio-sensing and detecting pollutants in environmental water samples. In this work, a Tb-MOF [Tb(BDC) 1.5 (DEF)·0.5H 2 O] n ( 1 , BDC = 1,4-benzene dicarboxylate, DEF = N , N -diethylformamide) was prepared by hydrothermal reactions of 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid with the corresponding rare earth ions of Tb 3+ . Impressively, water stability surveys of compound 1 indicated that it maintained at least 90% of its emission intensity after storage in water for several months. This characteristic of long water stability is unusual as compared to other Ln-MOFs, making compound 1 an excellent candidate for sensing applications in the aqueous phase. In particular, the green emission of compound 1 could be quenched by the pesticide thiamethoxam (TMX), which was attributed to both the static and dynamic quenching processes based on an upward-curving Stern-Volmer plot. The quenching mechanism was speculatively attributed to the inner filter effect combined with the complex formation based on the electrostatic interaction of compound 1 and TMX, resulting in the promotion of the quenching efficiency. Finally, compound 1 was demonstrated to detect TMX in aqueous solution with rapid response and high selectivity. The terbium-based metal-organic frameworks (Tb-MOFs) were synthesized successfully under hydrothermal conditions, which could maintain at least 90% of the emission intensity after storage in water for several months.
ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/d4ra06622g