Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 45(3), p. 11874-11880, 2015
DOI: 10.1039/c5tc02790j
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A microporous hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF) derived from a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) intermediate and an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogen tetraphenylethene (TPE) derivative has been synthesized and structurally characterized by various methods. This unique HOF exhibits a permanent porosity with the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of 101.9 m2/g. This HOF could be well dispersed in organic solvents in a form of nanoparticles with a size of a few hundred nanometers. These nanoparticles are highly fluorescent in organic solution, and exhibit a high fluorescence quenching selectivity towards copper ion. Furthermore, the fluorescence of this HOF could be recovered by removal of copper ion upon addition of cyanide and, more interestingly, this process could be repeated several times without considerably sacrificing the sensing activity towards copper ion.