Multi-Mode Color-Tunable Long Persistent Luminescence in Single-Component Coordination Polymers.

Materials with tunable long persistent luminescence (LPL) properties have wide applications in security signs, anti-counterfeiting, data encrypting, and other fields. However, the majority of reported tunable LPL materials are pure organic molecules or polymers. Herein, a series of metal-organic coordination polymers displaying color-tunable LPL were synthesized by the self-assembly of HTzPTpy ligand with different cadmium halides (X=Cl, Br, and I).

Preparation of a molecularly imprinted sensor based on quartz crystal microbalance for specific recognition of sialic acid in human urine.

A novel molecularly imprinted quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor was successfully prepared for selective determination of sialic acid (SA) in human urine samples. To obtain the QCM sensor, we first modified the gold surface of the QCM chip by self-assembling of allylmercaptane to introduce polymerizable double bonds on the chip surface. Then, SA molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nanofilm was attached to the modified QCM chip surface.

The molecularly imprinted polymer supported by anodic alumina oxide nanotubes membrane for efficient recognition of chloropropanols in vegetable oils.

A new route to synthesize a covalent interaction-based molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) material for 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) inside the nanopores of anodic alumina oxide (AAO) is presented. A series of adsorption experiments showed MIP had good extraction capacity and selectivity for 3-MCPD. In order to evaluate the usability of the MIP nanotubes membrane, a method combining AAO@MIP membrane extraction with gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) detection was developed for determination of chloropropanols.

2-Fold Interpenetrating Bifunctional Cd-Metal-Organic Frameworks: Highly Selective Adsorption for CO and Sensitive Luminescent Sensing of Nitro Aromatic 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol.

A robust primitive diamond-type topology 3-D metal-organic framework (MOF) of {[Cd(hbhdpy)(bdc)(DMA)]·(HO)} (1, DMA = N,N-dimethylacetamide) was constructed from the planar secondary building units of the dinuclear cadmium clusters, Cd(μ-O), and two linear organic linkers of the new multidentate Schiff base of 4-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzyli-denehydrazino-carbonyl)-N-pyridin-4-yl-benzamide (Hhbhdpy) through the solvothermal reaction. 1 presents a 2-fold interpenetrating network along with confined narrow channels and rich acylamide groups as well as potential metal open sites for excellent selective CO uptake over CH/N and high luminescent response for 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) in DMA solution under ambient conditions. With 2-amino-1,4-dicarboxy-benzene (Hbdc-NH) replacing Hbdc, an amine-functionalized MOF of {[Cd(hbhdpy)(bdc-NH) (DMA)]·(HO)} (1-NH) as an isomorphism of 1, was synthesized under the same reaction conditions.

Fabrication of a molecularly imprinted polymer immobilized membrane with nanopores and its application in determination of β2-agonists in pork samples.

In this paper, a method for the synthesis of ractopamine molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) nanotube membranes on anodic alumina oxide (AAO) nanopore surface by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was presented, in which methacrylic acid (MAA) was selected as functional monomer with a polymerization rate of 1:6 between ractopamine and MAA by the computational investigations. The morphology of MIPs nanotube membranes characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) suggested a well growth in the AAO nanopore surface. A series of adsorption experiments revealed that the MIPs nanotube membranes showed better extraction capacity and good selectivity for ractopamine and its analogues than that of non-imprinted polymers (NIPs) nanotube membranes.