The development of temperature sensing platforms based
on the dual-emission
optical response principle has received much attention for their remarkable
potential, while the design of sensitive and reliable thermometers
remains an unresolved challenge. Herein, we successfully fabricated
a dual-emission temperature probe by attaching CdSe quantum dots to
europium/1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (Eu-BTC) metal–organic
framework nanorods, followed by deposition on a POSS-based polymer
film, which afforded the construction of a temperature-responsive
specialized coating that yielded outstanding temperature responses,
high sensitivity, adhesion, and hydrophobicity. The time-dependent
effect of the dimensions and quantum dot distribution in the CdSe/Eu-BTC
materials was then investigated by reaction time modulation to obtain
the best morphology (quantum dot dimension of 3.3 ± 0.8 nm).
Due to the contrasting thermally responsive photoluminescent behaviors
of CdSe quantum dots and Eu-BTC, temperature-dependent measurements
revealed that the specialized coating exhibited significant exponential
temperature sensing performances (R
2 =
0.99772) and high relative sensitivity (3.02%°C–1). Moreover, the specialized coating displayed superior adhesive
properties (1.385 MPa on the surface of steel) and hydrophobicity
(103°) due to the addition of POSS-based copolymers. This work
presents a feasible strategy for designing high-performance solid-state
nanoluminescent temperature probes, offering great promise for the
development of ratiometric temperature sensing systems with high sensitivity.