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Nanoscale luminescent lanthanide-based metal–organic frameworks: properties, synthesis, and applications

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Nanoscale luminescent lanthanide-based metal–organic frameworks (NLLn-MOFs) possess superior optical and physical properties such as higher luminescent lifetime, quantum yield, high stability, high surface area, high agent loading, and intrinsic biodegradability, and therefore are regarded as a novel generation of luminescent material compared with bulk lanthanide-based metal–organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs). Traditional luminescent Ln-MOFs have been well studied; however, NLLn-MOFs taking the advantages of nanomaterials have attracted extensive investigations for applications in optical imaging in living cells, light-harvesting, and sensing. In this review, we provide a survey of the latest progresses made in developing NLLn-MOFs, which contains the fundamental optical features, synthesis, and their potential applications. Finally, the future prospects and challenges of the rapidly growing field are summarized.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21165010, 21465014 and 21465015), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (20142BAB203101), the Ministry of Education by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20133604110002), the Ground Plan of Science and Technology Projects of Jiangxi Educational Committee (KJLD14023), and the Open Project Program of Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Normal University (No. KLFS-KF-201410, KLFS-KF-201416).

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Hu, D., Song, Y. & Wang, L. Nanoscale luminescent lanthanide-based metal–organic frameworks: properties, synthesis, and applications. J Nanopart Res 17, 310 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3114-2

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