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

3-Nitrotyrosine (3-NT), an oxidative stress biomarker, is closely associated with various diseases. Thus, rapid and sensitive detection of 3-NT is of great significance for preventing and treating diseases. Herein, we reported a new 3D zinc-based metal-organic framework (Zn-MOF) [Zn(L)(HBTC)] (L = (E)-4,4'-(ethene-1,2-diyl)bis[(N-pyridin-3-yl)benzamide], H3BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid), which was structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, IR, PXRD and TG. The Zn-MOF can be used as a highly efficient fluorescence sensing material to provide a direct and low-cost method for the rapid detection of 3-NT and shows high sensitivity with a KSV value of 6.596 × 104 M-1, a rapid luminescence response within 24 s, excellent selectivity, high anti-interference ability and good recyclability. It is the first example of a MOF being used to directly detect 3-NT as a luminescence sensor to our knowledge. The sensing mechanism of the Zn-MOF towards 3-NT is discussed in detail, which provides a basis for the rational design of MOF sensing materials and their application in biomarker detection.

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A 2-in-1 multi-functionalized sensor for efficient epinephrine detection based on cucurbit[7]uril functionalized lanthanide metal-organic framework and its intelligent application on molecular robot

In this work, a boric acid covalently functionalized lanthanide MOF (Ln-MOF) sensor was constructed for the first time to monitor of urinary N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) to early diagnose of lung cancer, NANA can be used as biomarker of lung cancer. Considering that the specific binding affinity between boronic acid group and cis-diol can probably cause special influence towards the fluorescence of Ln-MOF, a boric-acid-functionalized Ln-MOF (B-EuMOF) sensor was first designed by covalent modification, which is proved to be an effective ratiometric fluorescent sensor of NANA, a urinary biomarker of lung cancer containing cis-diol. This designed NANA sensor shows special enrichment capacity, high selectivity and sensitivity, fast response, excellent reusability and more important, the ratiometric sensing result can be clearly distinguished by naked eye. Based on the luminescent sensing property of B-EuMOF towards NANA and the capture function of boric acid group, a molecular robot system which can monitor lung cancer at early stage is constructed. In this molecular robot system, boronic acid group serves as the actuator using ‘functional-hand’ to grasp NANA for the molecular robots. The fluorescence of B-EuMOF (I470 nm/I614 nm) act as the sensor of the molecular robots. And the processor is constructed by combinational logic gates (INHIBIT and AND) which can control the molecular robots by logical operation of fluorescence response of B-EuMOF towards NANA. This work proposes first example of Ln-MOFs based molecular robot and what’s more, paves new way for the combination of fluorescent sensor and intelligent molecular devices.

Determination of urinary N-acetylneuraminic acid for early diagnosis of lung cancer by a boric acid covalently functionalized lanthanide MOFs and its intelligent visual molecular robot application

Haifeng Lu

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Determination of urinary N-acetylneuraminic acid for early diagnosis of lung cancer by a boric acid covalently functionalized lanthanide MOFs and its intelligent visual molecular robot application