A highly flexible, luminescent, three-dimensional metal organic framework (MOF), [Zn2(bpdc)2(bpee)] .  2DMF (bpdc = 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylate; bpee = 1,2-bipyridylethylene) also known as RPM3 was fabricated into an oriented thin film by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) followed by a solvothermal treatment. The MOF and oriented film was post functionalized with AgNO3 forming a p complex with the MOF's conjugated linkers. The reversible binding of olefins such as ethylene (C2H4), propylene C3H6), and 1-hexene (C6H12) by the Ag functionalized MOF and thin film was monitored by fluorescence spectroscopy. These findings hold promise for the utilization of RPM3 for olefin/paraffin based separations and for the utilization as a stable MOF based chemical sensor applicable for the detection of olefins.

Selective detection of olefins using an oriented luminescent silver-functionalized metal organic framework (MOF) film

245th National Meeting (2013)

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