A Chinese Pane-Like 2D Metal-Organic Framework Showing Magnetic Relaxation and Luminescence Dual-Functions

The discovery of graphene kicked off the curtain of atom-type two-dimensional (2D) materials. Layered metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as parallel molecule-based 2D materials are more designable and more diverse, and magnetism may be induced by their metal ion nodes. However, the multifunctional 2D planelike MOFs are very difficult to obtain. Here we describe a Chinese pane-like 2D MOF constructed from the Ln(3+) cation and the nanoscale luminescent tritopic ligand tris(4'-carboxybiphenyl)-amine, responding to the slow magnetic relaxation and luminescence properties, respectively. Notably, the Dy-Dy distances separated by the tritopic ligand are up to 2 nm. Such a 2D molecular material is expected to have potential applications in optoelectronics and multimodal sensing.