Intrinsic Ultralow-Threshold Laser Action from Rationally Molecular Design of Metal-Organic Framework Materials.

TL;DR: The well-controlled shape-evolution of pure-MOF microcrystals with optical waveguide and lasing performances based on a bottom-up & top-down synergistic method advances the fundamental understanding on the controlled MOF evolution mechanism, and offer a valuable route for the development ofpure- MOF-based photonic components with desired functionalities.

TL;DR: Several push-pull tricyanofuran-based disperse dyes with high molar extinction coefficient were synthesized and fully characterized in this article, where they were prepared via Knoevenagel reaction in dry pyridine under ambient conditions employing acetic acid as catalyst.

TL;DR: This work shows the first polarized three-photon-pumped microcavity laser in a single host–guest composite metal–organic framework (MOF) crystal, via a controllable in situ self-assembly strategy, and the 3PP lasing generated from composite MOF is perfectly polarized.

TL;DR: A wavelength-tunable microlaser is realized based on the controlled intramolecular charge transfer process in dye-encapsulated metal-organic framework (MOF) material by effectively controlling the polarity of the MOF pores, thus achieving broadband tunable MOF-based microlasers.

TL;DR: Blue-color stimulated emission with low threshold power is observed from In- and Zn-MOFs, which feature a highly fluorescent chromophore densely packed and rigidly linked to the metal-ion centers in the solid state.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the transition-metal based luminescent MOFs and their role in sensing trace elements that are biologically essential, through various examples documented thus far.