A Highly Sensitive Mixed Lanthanide Metal-Organic Framework Self-Calibrated Luminescent Thermometer

Rao XT; Song T; Gao JK; Cui YJ; Yang Y; Wu CD; Chen BL; Qian GD

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.135, No.41, 15559-15564, 2013

Rao XT, Song T, Gao JK, Cui YJ, Yang Y, Wu CD, Chen BL, Qian GD

A new mixed lanthanide metal-organic framework thermometer Tb(0.9)Eu(0.1)PIA with the significantly high sensitivity of 3.53% per K has been realized by making use of an organic ligand, 5-(pyridin-4-yl)isophthalate, with higher triplet state energy.