A stable electron-deficient metal–organic framework for colorimetric and luminescence sensing of phenols and anilines

• DOI: 10.1039/c8ta02794c
• Publication Date: 2018-04-25T12:13:55Z
• Authors: Teng Gong; Peng Li; Qi Sui; Jinquan Chen; Jianhua Xu; En-Qing Gao
• Keywords: Organic dye

A Eu³⁺ MOF with ideally spaced electron-deficient viologen moieties is capable of highly sensitive colorimetric/luminescence detection electron-rich aromatic contaminants in water through charge transfer and resonance energy transfer.