Enhancing photoresponsiveness of metal-organic polyhedra by modifying microenvironment

Long Zheng; Peng Tan; Qian Song; Sheng-Tao Wang; Min Li; Xiao-Qin Liu; Lin-Bing Sun

doi:10.1007/s12274-024-6465-0

Nano Research 2024, 17(6): 5712-5717 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6465-0

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Enhancing photoresponsiveness of metal-organic polyhedra by modifying microenvironment

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Long Zheng, Peng Tan(

), Qian Song, Sheng-Tao Wang, Min Li, Xiao-Qin Liu, Lin-Bing Sun(

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State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China

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metal-organic polyhedra, azobenzene, photoresponsive adsorption, long alkyl chains, propylene capture

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Zheng L, Tan P, Song Q, et al. Enhancing photoresponsiveness of metal-organic polyhedra by modifying microenvironment. Nano Research, 2024, 17(6): 5712-5717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6465-0

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Photoresponsiveness of materials is critical to their tunability and efficiency in terminal applications. Photoresponsive metal-organic polyhedra (PMOPs) feature intrinsic pores and remote controllability, but aggregation of PMOPs in solid state hampers their photoresponsiveness seriously. Herein, we report the construction of a new PMOP (Cu₂₄(C₁₆H₁₂N₂O₄)₁₂(C₁₈H₂₂O₅)₁₂, denoted as MOP-PR-LA), where long alkyl (LA) chains act as the intermolecular poles, propping against adjacent PMOP molecules to create individual microenvironment benefiting the isomerization of photoresponsive (PR) moieties. Upon ultraviolet (UV)- and visible-light irradiation, MOP-PR-LA is much easier to isomerize than the counterpart MOP-PR without LA. For propylene adsorption, MOP-PR has a low change of adsorption capacity (9.9%), while that of MOP-PR-LA reaches 58.6%. Density functional theory calculations revealed that PR in the cis state has a negative effect on adsorption, while the trans state of PR favors adsorption. This work might open an avenue for the construction of photoresponsive materials with high responsiveness and controllability.

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Enhancing photoresponsiveness of metal-organic polyhedra by modifying microenvironment

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Keywords: metal-organic polyhedra, azobenzene, photoresponsive adsorption, long alkyl chains, propylene capture

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Received: 15 November 2023

Revised: 24 December 2023

Accepted: 01 January 2024

Published: 07 February 2024

Issue date: June 2024

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2022YFB3806800), the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 22125804), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22078155), and the Project of Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.