Enzyme‐Inspired Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Frameworks for Synergistic Capture, Detection, and Degradation of Nerve Agent Simulants
Nerve agents (NAs), a class of highly toxic organophosphorus (OP) compounds, pose a significant threat to global security. The development of integrated protective materials that can simultaneously capture airborne OPs, detect, and degrade them remains a formidable challenge. Inspired by lipase's specific binding to OPs, a biomimetic hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF) is developed, FDU-HOF-5. It achieves highly efficient and selective adsorption of a sarin simulant, diethyl chlorophosphate (DCP), by combining size exclusion with molecular recognition via specific N─P bond formation, effectively distinguishing DCP from various OP analogues. Upon adsorption, the material responds within 5 s, enabling bimodal identification via a visual color change (yellow to red) and a fluorescence signal (99.7% quenching, 75 nm redshift). The adsorbed DCP is then self-drivenly hydrolyzed into non-toxic products by environmental moisture, achieving 91.5% degradation efficiency. Utilizing the solution processability of HOFs, functional textiles that show an immediate color change upon DCP exposure are produced. This work establishes a rational design strategy for multifunctional HOF systems that synergistically integrate capture, detection, and degradation for effective threat mitigation.
Authors
- Yunbo Bi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6270-3030)
- Jie Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7746-6640)
- Bin Fei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-1873)
- Qingyu Niu
- Guanglai Mo
- Yingjia Deng
- Joanne Y. W. Yip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3270-4702)
- Kaikai Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0414-4397)
- Jia‐Bao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9620-7692)
- Peng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4273-4577)
- Zhiqiang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7939-6543)
- Yijin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-0037)
- Xiangyu Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0465-7984)
- Yujie Lei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9106-9235)
- Ziyi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8541-1432)
Institutions
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Hebei University of Technology (CN)
- Zhengzhou University (CN)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Science
- Published
- 2025-11-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202519971
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
- Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City