1 State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Cyrus Tang Center for Sensor Materials and Applications, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027, China.
A new mixed lanthanide metal-organic framework thermometer Tb0.9Eu0.1PIA with the significantly high sensitivity of 3.53% per K has been realized by making use of an organic ligand, 5-(pyridin-4-yl)isophthalate, with higher triplet state energy.