A terbium(III)-functionalized zinc(II)-organic framework for fluorometric determination of phosphate

Autor: Meng Tian, Qingcai Yu, Chuan Fan, Xiaoxia Lv, Guodong Liu, Yueyuan Mao, Hua Wang, Wanwei Qiu
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Microchimica Acta. 187
ISSN: 1436-5073
0026-3672
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-4066-5
Popis: A terbium(III)-functionalized zinc(II)-organic framework (Tb-MOF-Zn) is shown to be a viable fluorescent probe for phosphate. The organic ligands 4,4′,4″-[((2,4,6-trimethylbenzene-1,3,5-triyl)tris(methylene))tris(oxy)]tribenzoic acid (H3L3) contains multiple carboxyl groups that can react with zinc(II) to yield tubular MOF-Zn. The MOF-Zn was further functionalized with Tb(III) to produce a lanthanide composite of type Tb-MOF-Zn which displays strong fluorescence with excitation/emission maxima at 285/544 nm. Fluorescence is quenched by phosphate because of the specific interaction with Tb(III) in Tb-MOF-Zn. The concentration of Tb-MOF-Zn, reaction time and pH value of the solution were optimized. Fluorescence drops linearly in the 0.01 to 200.0 μM phosphate concentration range, and the detection limit is 4.0 nM. The fluorescent probe was also used to prepare a microdot array on a glass slide for visual detection of phosphate under illumination with UV light.
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