A luminescent 2D zinc(II) metal-organic framework for selective sensing of Fe(III) ions and adsorption of organic dyes

A 2D porous multifunctional Zn(II) metal-organic framework (MOF) [ZnL(H2O)(3)]center dot 3H(2)O center dot DMF (BIPT-1.3H(2)O center dot DMF) has been successfully synthesized by using bis-(3-carboxy-phenyl)furan-2,5-dicarboxamide (H2L) as organic linkers under solvothermal conditions and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) and powder X-ray diffraction spectra (PXRD). The participation of long chain flexible organic ligands (H2L) not only offered BIPT-1.3H(2)O center dot DMF larger pore size and stronger fluorescence emission as expect, but also introduced more functional groups and active sites into the MOF structure which is conducive to its further applications. The luminescence analysis indicated that BIPT-1.3H(2)O center dot DMF exhibited a high selectivity and sensitivity fluorescence quenching toward to Fe3+ ions in water medium, which can be observed by naked eyes under UV light. This remarkable quenching effect can be explained by the competitive absorption of excited energy mechanism and the impediment of energy transfer mechanism. Meanwhile, BIPT-1.3H(2)O center dot DMF exhibited a rare capability of neutral MOF, i.e., to selectively adsorb cationic dyes, especially for methylene blue. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.