Luminescent Lanthanide Metal Organic Frameworks (LnMOFs): A Versatile Platform towards Organomolecule Sensing

The global population growth along with rapid urbanization caused intensification of anthropogenic pro-cesses. Selective detection of organomolecules (toxic, explosive, and pharmaceutical) has become signif-icantly important for sustainable growth. There are few traditional detection methods available based on liquid chromatography and electrochemistry, but these are comparatively costly, time-consuming, and require complicated sample preparation methods and instrumentations. In this regard, the spectrofluo-rometric sensing method is simple, fast, and convenient for detecting organomolecules. Lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (LnMOFs) offer remarkable promise for sensing organomolecules with high accuracy because of their easy tunability, functionality, and design ability. Till date, close to three hun-dred LnMOFs have been designed and synthesized for potential applications in organomolecule sensing. Such reports are increasing swiftly, demanding an ordered grouping for visualization at a glance. This review showcases the development of LnMOFs toward organomolecule detection and perspectives con-cerning challenges and future prospects.(c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Global population growth and rapid urbanization have intensified anthropogenic processes, highlighting the importance of selectively detecting organomolecules. Traditional detection methods based on liquid chromatography and electrochemistry are costly and time-consuming, while spectrofluorometric sensing offers a simple, fast, and convenient alternative. Lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (LnMOFs) show great promise for accurate organomolecule sensing due to their tunability, functionality, and design ability, with nearly three hundred LnMOFs designed and synthesized for this purpose.