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Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)-Derived Porous Luminescent Nanoscale Coordination Polymer of Gd-III: Bimodal Imaging and Nitroaromatic Sensing
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Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)-Derived Porous Luminescent Nanoscale Coordination Polymer of Gd-III: Bimodal Imaging and Nitroaromatic Sensing

Venkata M. Suresh, Snehajyoti Chatterjee, Rahul Modak, Vivek Tiwari, Anant B. Patel, Tapas K. Kundu and Tapas Kumar Maji
Journal of physical chemistry. C, Vol.118(23), pp.12241-12249
06/12/2014
DOI: 10.1021/jp501030h

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Abstract

Self-assembled highly luminescent nanoscale coordination polymer of {[Gd(OPE)(NO3)(H2O)2]center dot H2O} (NCP-1), (oligo-(p-phenyleneethynylene)dicarboxylate) was synthesized by coordination-driven self-assembly of oligo-(p-phenyleneethynylene)dicarboxylic acid and Gel in polar solvent under refluxing conditions. This nanostructure has been characterized by FESEM, TEM, powder X-ray diffraction, and adsorption study. Interdigitation between ID coordination polymers through alkyl chains results in a porous supramolecular 3D extended structure. NCP-1 shows permanent microporosity as revealed by type-I CO2 uptake profile. FESEM and TEM studies of NCP-1 reveal nanorod-like morphology with square-type cross section having dimensions of 50-100 nm diameter and 0.5-0.8 pm length. High-magnification TEM images show long-range structural ordering present in NCP-1 with uniform dark lines having an interspacing distance of 0.9-1.1 nm. Physiological stability and strong luminescence features of NCP-1 have been exploited for bioimaging based on internalization into mammalian cultured cell lines HEK 293T and H1299. Magnetic resonance imaging studies suggest that NCP-1 could act as a potential negative (T2) contrast agent. Furthermore, this porous luminescent NCP-1 shows efficient nitroaromatic sensing as realized by the fluorescence quenching in solution as well as in vapor phase of the analyte like 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT). These results demonstrate that hybridization of a paramagnetic metal center and luminescent linker in a nanoscale porous coordination polymer culminates in a functional hybrid material with potential bimodal imaging and sensing applications.
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