An intensely luminescent metal-organic framework based on a highly light-harvesting dyclo-metalated iridium(III) unit showing effective detection of explosives

Inorg Chem. 2013 Nov 4;52(21):12323-5. doi: 10.1021/ic402158n. Epub 2013 Oct 21.

Abstract

An intense visible yellow-orange emission with long lifetime and enhanced quantum yield has been achieved for a metal-organic framework based on a highly light-harvesting dyclo-metalated iridium(III) unit, which shows effective detection of nitroaromatic explosives on the ppm scale.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Explosive Agents / analysis*
  • Iridium / chemistry*
  • Light
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods*
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Explosive Agents
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Iridium