Amino-decorated lanthanide(iii) organic extended frameworks for multi-color luminescence and fluorescence sensing

Four luminescent lanthanide–organic frameworks (Ln = Eu³⁺, Tb³⁺, Sm³⁺ and Dy³⁺), isostructural to MOF-LIC-1(Gd), are assembled. Multiple colors are obtained for the system and white-light emission is realized by the single component Sm(iii) framework. Most interestingly, Eu-MOF performs highly selective and sensitive luminescence sensing of Al³⁺.