Water pollution caused by the increasing concentration of toxic chemicals, such as heavy metal ions, pesticides, pharmaceutical waste, and plastic contaminants, has become a global issue. The rising levels of these pollutants pose significant health risks to humans and various species. Recently, adsorption has emerged as a promising method for removing these contaminants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer is a disease that claims millions of lives each year, often because early symptoms go unnoticed, a situation which severely impacts society. Point-of-care biosensors using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have the power to transform cancer biomarker detection due to their exceptional structural and conductive properties. This review discusses the electrochemical sensor's design and development of electroactive MOF materials with mechanistic insights.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe self-assembly reaction of 2-benzylaminoethanol (Hbae) with CuCl or Cu(NO) leads to the formation of binuclear [Cu(bae)(Cl)] (1) and [Cu(Hbae)(bae)](NO) (2) complexes, while the trinuclear [Cu(Hbae)(bae)(dmba)](NO) (3) compound was obtained using the auxiliar bulky substituted 2,2-dimethylbutyric acid (Hdmba). Crystallographic studies reveal the molecular structures of 1 and 2 based on the similar {Cu(μ-O)} core, while the structure of 3 features the {Cu(μ-O)} core with consecutive arranement of the metal centres, supported by the additional carboxylate bridges. The strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds join the molecular structures into 1D (for 1 and 3) or 2D (for 2) architectures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly valued for their electronic and optical capabilities in food sample analysis. Implementing MOF-based sensors is crucial for public health safety. This review centers on electrochemiluminescence (ECL) MOFs for monitoring food samples, highlighting signal changes from combining MOFs with Ru(bpy), TPrA, nanomaterials, and biomolecules.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelf-assembly synthesis of mixed-ligand (silsesquioxane/acetate) complex allows to isolate record high nuclear copper(II) Cu-cage (1). In the presence of two additional sodium ions, a unique molecular architecture, with triple combination of ligands (cyclic and acyclic silsesquioxanes as well as acetates), has been formed. The structure was established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction based on the use of synchrotron radiation.
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