MOF-based materials with sensing potential: pyrrolidine-fused chlorin at UiO-66(Hf) for enhanced NO2 detection

  • Carla Queirós
  • , Francisco G. Moscoso
  • , José Almeida
  • , Ana M. G. Silva
  • , Ahmad Sousaraei
  • , Juan Cabanillas-González
  • , Manuela Ribeiro Carrott
  • , Tânia Lopes-Costa
  • , José M. Pedrosa*
  • , Luís Cunha-Silva*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An efficient strategy to develop porous materials with potential for NO2 sensing was based in the preparation of a metal-organic framework (MOF), UiO-66(Hf), modified with a very small amount of meso-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl) N-methylpyrrolidine-fused chlorin (TCPC), TCPC@MOF. Chlorin’s incorporation into the UiO-66(Hf) framework was verified by several characterization methods and revealed that the as-synthesized TCPC@MOF brings together the chemical stability of UiO-66(Hf) and the photophysical properties of the pyrrolidine-fused chlorin which is about five times more emissive than the porphyrin counterpart. TCPC@MOF was further incorporated into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and the resulting TCPC@MOF@PDMS film was tested in NO2 gas sensing. It showed notable sensitivity as well as a fast response in the range between 0.5 and 500 ppm where an emission intensity quenching is observed up to 96% for 500 ppm. This is a rare example of a chlorin-derivative used for gas-sensing applications through emission changes, and an unusual case of this type of optical-sensing composites of NO2.
Original languageEnglish
Article number511
JournalChemosensors
Volume10
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • N-methylpyrrolidine-fused chlorin
  • Metal-organic framework
  • Composite
  • Optical sensor
  • NO2 sensing

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