A flexible structure of {[Zn 2 IJdmtrz) 2 IJL1)]·6H 2 O} n (MAC-11) (Hdmtrz = 3,5-dimethyl-1H,1,2,4-triazole, H 2 L1 = IJE)-4,4′-stilbenedicarboxylic acid), which is a self-catenated rob-type net built of two-dimensional ijZnIJdmtrz)] layers pillared by L1 ligands, has been solvothermally synthesized. It shows an interesting thermo/water-induced reversible phase transformation accompanied by a photoluminescence response from 418 nm to 453 nm. Based on an iso-framework of {[Zn 2 IJdmtrz) 2 IJL2)]·4H 2 O} n (MAC-13, H 2 L2 = IJE)-azobenzene-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid), a pcu-type framework of {[Zn 2 IJtrz) 2 IJL1)]·4H 2 O} n (MAC-14, Htrz = 1H, 1,2,4-triazole), and a layered structure of ijZnIJdmtrz)IJHCOO)], a possible mechanism for the photoluminescence response to the reversible phase transformation for MAC-11 was also proposed.
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This journal isScheme 1 A view of photoluminescence responses to the framework flexibility, (a) the photoluminescence emission cannot couple well with the framework change due to the presence of σ (C-C) bonds; (b) in the metal-azolates, the sensitivity of the energy state to the structural change might be enhanced owing to the π-conjugated azolates which are directly coordinated to metal ions.