Issue 18, 2013
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Nanoscale

Luminescent metal–organic framework-functionalized graphene oxide nanocomposites and the reversible detection of high explosives†

Ji Ha Lee,a   Justyn Jaworski*b  and  Jong Hwa Jung*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
E-mail: jonghwa@gnu.ac.kr
Fax: +82 55-758-6027
Tel: +82 55-772-1488

b Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea

Abstract

Achieving both high specificity and sensitivity are essential for gas phase chemical detection systems. Recent implementation of Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) have shown great success in separation and storage systems for specific gas molecules. By implementing a MOF structure comprised of Zn2+ coordinated trans-stilbene derivatives, a gas responsive material has been created which exhibits a high photoluminescence quantum yield, offering new opportunities for chemical sensors. Here, we reveal a nanocomposite material, assembled from azobenzene functionalized graphene oxide and stilbene-MOF, that is capable of luminescent quenching by explosive gases. This unique system displays selectivity to dinitrotoluene (71% quenching) over trinitrotoluene (20% quenching) with sub ppm sensitivity and response times of less than a minute. We show that this implementation of a graphene-based MOF composite provides a unique strategy in the development of molecularly well-defined materials having rapid, reversible, and gas selective fluorescent quenching capabilities. This opens the way for new advances in the assembly of low density frameworks using isomerization suppressed materials.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR01439H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Mar 2013
Accepted
20 Jun 2013
First published
26 Jun 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 8533-8540

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Luminescent metal–organic framework-functionalized graphene oxide nanocomposites and the reversible detection of high explosives

J. H. Lee, J. Jaworski and J. H. Jung, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 8533 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01439H

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