Amplified luminescence quenching of phosphorescent metal-organic frameworks.

Amplified luminescence quenching has been demonstrated in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) composed of Ru(II)-bpy building blocks with long-lived, largely triplet metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excited states. Strong non-covalent interactions between the MOF surface and cationic quencher molecules coupled with rapid energy transfer through the MOF microcrystal facilitates amplified quenching with a 7000-fold enhancement of the Stern-Völmer quenching constant for methylene blue compared to a model complex.