Ruthenium(II) Tris(2,2′-bipyridine)-Templated Zinc(II) 1,3,5-Tris(4-carboxyphenyl)benzene Metal Organic Frameworks: Structural Characterization and Photophysical Properties

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christi L. Whittington ◽  
Lukasz Wojtas ◽  
Randy W. Larsen
Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (18) ◽  
pp. 4230
Author(s):  
Andreas Windischbacher ◽  
Luca Steiner ◽  
Ritesh Haldar ◽  
Christof Wöll ◽  
Egbert Zojer ◽  
...  

In recent years, the photophysical properties of crystalline metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have become increasingly relevant for their potential application in light-emitting devices, photovoltaics, nonlinear optics and sensing. The availability of high-quality experimental data for such systems makes them ideally suited for a validation of quantum mechanical simulations, aiming at an in-depth atomistic understanding of photophysical phenomena. Here we present a computational DFT study of the absorption and emission characteristics of a Zn-based surface-anchored metal-organic framework (Zn-SURMOF-2) containing anthracenedibenzoic acid (ADB) as linker. Combining band-structure and cluster-based simulations on ADB chromophores in various conformations and aggregation states, we are able to provide a detailed explanation of the experimentally observed photophysical properties of Zn-ADB SURMOF-2: The unexpected (weak) red-shift of the absorption maxima upon incorporating ADB chromophores into SURMOF-2 can be explained by a combination of excitonic coupling effects with conformational changes of the chromophores already in their ground state. As far as the unusually large red-shift of the emission of Zn-ADB SURMOF-2 is concerned, based on our simulations, we attribute it to a modification of the exciton coupling compared to conventional H-aggregates, which results from a relative slip of the centers of neighboring chromophores upon incorporation in Zn-ADB SURMOF-2.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 2960-2967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Hynek ◽  
Sebastian Jurík ◽  
Martina Koncošová ◽  
Jaroslav Zelenka ◽  
Ivana Křížová ◽  
...  

Nanosized porphyrin-containing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) attract considerable attention as solid-state photosensitizers for biological applications. In this study, we have for the first time synthesised and characterised phosphinate-based MOF nanoparticles, nanoICR-2 (Inorganic Chemistry Rez). We demonstrate that nanoICR-2 can be decorated with anionic 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-R-phosphinatophenyl)porphyrins (R = methyl, isopropyl, phenyl) by utilizing unsaturated metal sites on the nanoparticle surface. The use of these porphyrins allows for superior loading of the nanoparticles when compared with commonly used 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin. The nanoICR-2/porphyrin composites retain part of the free porphyrins photophysical properties, while the photodynamic efficacy is strongly affected by the R substituent at the porphyrin phosphinate groups. Thus, phosphinatophenylporphyrin with phenyl substituents has the strongest photodynamic efficacy due to the most efficient cellular uptake.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (36) ◽  
pp. 25176-25182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liam Wilbraham ◽  
François-Xavier Coudert ◽  
Ilaria Ciofini

Photoluminescence of zinc and cadmium-based metal–organic frameworks has been characterized using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 2955
Author(s):  
Rory Elliott ◽  
Aoife A. Ryan ◽  
Aviral Aggarwal ◽  
Nianyong Zhu ◽  
Friedrich W. Steuber ◽  
...  

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) encompass a rapidly expanding class of materials with diverse potential applications including gas storage, molecular separation, sensing and catalysis. So-called ‘rod MOFs’, which comprise infinitely extended 1D secondary building units (SBUs), represent an underexplored subclass of MOF. Further, porphyrins are considered privileged ligands for MOF synthesis due to their tunable redox and photophysical properties. In this study, the CuII complex of 5,15-bis(4-carboxyphenyl)-10,20-diphenylporphyrin (H2L-CuII, where H2 refers to the ligand’s carboxyl H atoms) is used to prepare two new 2D porphyrinic rod MOFs PROD-1 and PROD-2. Single-crystal X-ray analysis reveals that these frameworks feature 1D MnII- or CoII-based rod-like SBUs that are coordinated by labile solvent molecules and photoactive porphyrin moieties. Both materials were characterised using infrared (IR) spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The structural attributes of PROD-1 and PROD-2 render them promising materials for future photocatalytic investigations.


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