“…When excited at 375 nm, both CoMOF-1 and CoMOF-2 exhibited strong emissions at about 450 nm, which can be mainly attributed to the π–π* electron transition of an organic ligand (Figure ). − Considering the main focus of this work is on the water-stable MOFs as luminescence sensors for detecting the 3-NT biomarker in serum, then the suspensions of CoMOFs and the standard water-stabilized MOF of UiO-66 were configured in 5 mM PBS buffer solutions to test the fluorescence response of various serum species (NaCl, KCl, CaCl 2 , Na 2 SO 4 , NH 4 Cl, Cre, Crea, UA, urea, His, Cys, Phe, Glut, Glue, and 3-NT) to the luminescent intensity of CoMOFs. In order to not make the sauce better than the fish, we only measured some important parameters of UIO-66 in the following tests.…”