“…As one of the most well-known porousm aterials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have drawn widespread attention, not only because of their diversea nd interesting architectures, but also because they have shown great potentiali nt he fields of gas separation, heterogeneous catalysis, molecular magnetism, and chemical sensing. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] In particular,o ver the past decade, luminescent MOFs have been regardeda sp romising candidate materials, owing to their competitive advantages compared with other fluorescentm aterials: [2][3][4][10][11][12][13][14] 1) the good crystallinity of MOFs allows them to adopt defined structures that can be characterized by using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, which is beneficial for establishing structure-property correlations and, thus, for exploring their luminescence-response mechanisms;2 )their structures can be readily adjusted and modified by regulating their two major components,t hat is, their metal centers and organic linkers, as well as by tuning other reaction parameters, including the solvent, temperature, pH value, and the relative proportions of the reagents,t hereby affording the opportunity to realize structure-inducedl uminescence performance;3 )most importantly,t he adjustable porosity of MOFs allow them to adsorb and pre-enrich target analytes, which can increase the probability of interactions between host MOFs and guest analytes,t hereby enhancing their detection limit and sensitivity.T hus,alarge number of MOFbased luminescent sensors have been prepared and used in the detection of differenta nalytes, including biomolecules, explosives, organic molecules, anions,c ations, temperature, and pH value. [2][3][4][10][11][12][13][14] Nevertheless, most of the previously reported MOF-based sensors have been used in nonaqueous system, which may be mainly owing to the poor water stabilityo f MOFs.…”