Design and Synthesis of an MOF Thermometer with High Sensitivity in the Physiological Temperature Range.

An important result of research on mixed-lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (M'LnMOFs) is the realization of highly sensitive ratiometric luminescent thermometers. Here, we report the design and synthesis of the new M'LnMOF Tb0.80Eu0.

A highly porous NbO type metal-organic framework constructed from an expanded tetracarboxylate.

A novel NbO type microporous metal–organic framework Cu2L (ZJU-32; H4L = 5'-((3,5-dicarboxyphenyl)ethynyl)-[1,1':3',1"-terphenyl]-4,4"-dicarboxylic acid) constructed from an elaborately designed tetratopic ligand was solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. The activated ZJU-32a exhibits high permanent porosity with the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area of 3831 m(2) g(-1) and the pore volume of 1.482 cm(3) g(-1), enabling it to be a promising material for both methane storage and carbon dioxide capture at room temperature.

A highly sensitive mixed lanthanide metal-organic framework self-calibrated luminescent thermometer.

A new mixed lanthanide metal-organic framework thermometer Tb0.9Eu0.1PIA with the significantly high sensitivity of 3.

A microporous metal-organic framework with both open metal and Lewis basic pyridyl sites for high C2H2 and CH4 storage at room temperature.

A new microporous metal-organic framework, Cu2(PDDI) (ZJU-5; H4PDDI = 5,5'-(pyridine-2,5-diyl)diisophthalic acid), was solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. With open metal sites, Lewis basic pyridyl sites and suitable pore space, the acetylene uptake in ZJU-5a reaches the highest value of 290 cm(3) g(-1) at 273 K and 1 bar. Furthermore, ZJU-5a exhibits high absolute methane storage of 190 cm(3) (STP) cm(-3) at 35 bar and 224 cm(3) (STP) cm(-3) at 60 bar at room temperature.

A luminescent nanoscale metal-organic framework with controllable morphologies for spore detection.

A nanoscale MOF material NMOF 1 with controllable morphologies is realized whose morphology control has been simulated based on the BFDH method. The targeted NMOF 1 exhibits highly sensitive, selective and instant "turn-on" sensing of bacterial endospores.

A rod packing microporous metal-organic framework with open metal sites for selective guest sorption and sensing of nitrobenzene.

A microporous MOF [Zn(4)(OH)(2)(1,2,4-BTC)(2)] (1,2,4-BTC = Benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylate) with two immobilized open metal Zn(2+) sites was obtained by solvothermal reaction, which exhibits highly selective guest sorption and sensing of nitrobenzene.