A New Pillared-layer Metal-Organic Framework for Gas Adsorption and Fe3+ Ion Detection

Abstract Herein, based on single organic ligand as bridging linker and metal trimer as structural nodes, one new pillared-layer metal-organic framework (MOF), Zn3(TDC)4·2DMA (TDC = 2,5-Thiophenedicarboxylic acid, DMA = dimethylamine), has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The pillared-layer architecture is formed by Zn3(TDC)2 layer and pillared TDC ligand where TDC ligand acts as a bifunctional linker. Porous structure of MOF was investigated with potential applications in gas molecule adsorption and metal ion fluorescence sensor.