Enhancing photosensitivity via the assembly of a uranyl coordination polymer.

Miaomiao XuHuangjie LuChunhui WangJie QiuZhaofa ZhengXiaofeng Guo Zhi-Hui Zhang Ming-Yang He Jun-Feng Qian Jian Lin

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)

Synergistic assembly of uranyl centres and luminescent 2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine-4-carboxylates (bppCOOH) gives rise to a uranyl coordination polymer, namely U-bppCOO, which exhibits a luminescence quenching response toward UV or X-ray irradiation doses. Notably, the photosensitivity of U-bppCOO has been significantly enhanced via metal-ligand assembly compared with that of the naked bppCOOH ligand.

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