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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 59, Issue 14, Pages 9857-9865Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01072
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- Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province [2019RC005]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21761010]
- Hainan University start-up fund [KYQD(ZR)1806]
- Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education Northeast Normal University
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Uranium is one of the principal raw materials in the nuclear industry, but if released into the natural environment, it also poses latent health risks to mankind. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a strategy that can concurrently detect and adsorb uranium to realize the sustainable development of nuclear power and protect the environment. In this work, a fluorescent zinc-based metal-organic framework (HNU-50) was designed and synthesized for the effective detection and extraction of U(VI). The amide groups on N-pyridin-4-ylpyridine-4-carboxamide ligands and two uncoordinated carboxyl oxygen atoms on pyromellitic acid ligands in HNU-50 provide potential uranium-binding sites. Consequently, HNU-50 is competent of selectively and efficiently catching uranyl ions, achieving an optimum adsorption capacity of 632 mg/g. Additionally, the adsorption of U(VI) results in fluorescence quenching of HNU-50, thus allowing sensitive and selective detection of U(VI) by fluorescence change. Note that HNU-50 exhibits a considerably low detection limit of 1.2 x 10(-8) M for U(VI) in aqueous solution, which is below the World Health Organization maximum pollution standards for potable water (6.3 x 10(-8) M).
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