Issue 25, 2021

A multifunctional colorimetric sensor originating from a cadmium naphthalene diimide-based metal–organic framework: photochromism, hydrochromism, and vapochromism

Abstract

A new cadmium metal–organic framework [Cd(IsoNDI)(ClO4)·H2O]n (ZH-102, IsoNDI = N,N′-di(4-pyridylacylamino)-1,4,5,8-naphthalene diimide) has been synthesized under solvothermal conditions and characterized systematically by elemental analyses, IR spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analyses. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that ZH-102 exhibits a 2D structure similar to a ‘safety fence’ that further stacks into a 3D supramolecular network, which is constructed by bridging of Cd–IsoNDI with perchlorate (ClO4) anions and intermolecular interaction. Owing to the presence of electron-deficient NDI moieties and the generation of IsoNDI radicals, ZH-102 displays reversible photochromic properties under irradiation and heating (120 °C) and photocontrolled luminescence properties. In particular, ZH-102 also exhibited vapochromic behavior for detecting amines. Moreover, the ZH-102 showed that excellent heat causes hydrochromism properties with a color change from deep yellow to coffee color when  heated at 200 °C. Therefore, ZH-102 possesses multiple chromic properties and could be used as a colorimetric sensor, which provides a new route to design functional MOFs.

Graphical abstract: A multifunctional colorimetric sensor originating from a cadmium naphthalene diimide-based metal–organic framework: photochromism, hydrochromism, and vapochromism

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Mar 2021
Accepted
24 May 2021
First published
27 May 2021

CrystEngComm, 2021,23, 4513-4521

A multifunctional colorimetric sensor originating from a cadmium naphthalene diimide-based metal–organic framework: photochromism, hydrochromism, and vapochromism

G. Zhang, C. Fu, H. Zhang and H. Zhang, CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 4513 DOI: 10.1039/D1CE00352F

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