ABSTRACT
The magnetic nanocomposite Fe3O4@ZIF-8 was for the first time used as an excellent adsorbent for the fast adsorption and separation of UO22+ ions from aqueous solutions. This material exhibited an unprecedented adsorption capacity of 523.5 mg U per g and a remarkable selectivity towards UO22+/Ln3+ at pH = 3.
ABSTRACT
Rational selection and modification of rare earth metal centers and photoactive organic linkers enables designable multiphotofunctionality to come to fruition in new hybrid coordination polymer materials. By using a viologen-functionalized diphosphonate linker, two terbium phosphonate compounds (Tb-1 and Tb-2) have been constructed, which display reversible photochromic reactions in response to UV light and soft X-ray irradiation. In addition, the photo-induced electron-transfer reaction can modulate the luminescent emission to thus realize photoluminescence switching behavior. Furthermore, both terbium phosphonates can serve as highly sensitive sensors to probe Cu2+ in solution through their luminescence. Thus, they represent the first photochromic examples of lanthanide phosphonate-based materials with photomodulated luminescence and sensitive detection of metal ions.
