A Highly Stable Yttrium Organic Framework as a Host for Optical Thermometry and D<sub>2</sub>O Detection
Thomas W. Chamberlain, Rafael V. Perrella, Tamires M. Oliveira, Paulo C. de Sousa Filho, Richard I. Walton
Abstract
Abstract The yttrium organic framework (Y 0.89 Tb 0.10 Eu 0.01 ) 6 (BDC) 7 (OH) 4 (H 2 O) 4 (BDC=benzene‐1,4‐dicarboxylate) is hydrothermally stable up to at least 513 K and thermally stable in air in excess of 673 K. The relative intensities of luminescence of Tb 3+ and Eu 3+ are governed by Tb 3+ ‐to‐Eu 3+ phonon‐assisted energy transfer and Tb 3+ ‐to‐ligand back transfer and are responsible for the differing temperature‐dependent luminescence of the two ions. This provides a ratiometric luminescent thermometer in the 288–573 K temperature range, not previously seen for MOF materials, with a high sensitivity, 1.69±0.04 % K −1 at 523 K. In aqueous conditions, loosely bound H 2 O can be replaced by D 2 O in the same material, which modifies decay lifetimes to yield a quantitative luminescent D 2 O sensor with a useful sensitivity for practical application.