The recognition and detection of explosive compounds are
related to the safety of the environment and human beings, which have
become one of the hotspots of current scientific research. In this work,
a crystalline material 1 was designed and assembled by using a
bifunctional organic bridging ligand containing urea and carboxyl groups
and metal zinc ions. The structure and properties of the crystalline
compound were characterized by X-ray diffractometer(XRD),
thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA), Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy(FTIR), and fluorescence spectroscopy. It is found that
crystalline material 1 is a metal-organic framework material
crystallized in the monoclinic
space group, which has
internal pores, open molecular channels, and abundant hydrogen-bonding
sites. As a sensing material, it is capable of effective detection of
explosive nitro compounds such as picric acid.