By the solvothermal assembly of Gd(NO3)3·6H2O, H2dht (H2dht
= 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic
acid), and H4adip (H4adip = 5,5′-(anthracene-9,10-diyl)diisophthalic
acid), a luminescent coordination polymer (CP) [Gd(adip)1/2(dht)1/2(NMP)2] (1, NMP = N-methylpyrrolidone) has been prepared. 1 exhibits
dual emission bands and has the fluorescence turn-on behavior toward
pH and antibiotic amikacin (AMK). Therefore, 1 can serve
as a luminescence turn-on self-calibrated sensing material to quantitatively
detect pH value and AMK. In the pH range of 5.05–6.88, the
sensitivity can reach 2296% per pH, which is the highest among all
fluorescence pH sensors. 1 also shows excellent sensing
properties for AMK, and a good linear relationship between the fluorescence
intensity ratio and concentrations of AMK was observed with a slope
of 1.2 × 105 M–1. The limit of detection
(LOD) is 7.7 × 10–8 M. Meanwhile, 1 is also the first CP-based sensing material to detect AMK. In order
to better understand the sensing phenomenon, we also discussed the
sensing mechanism for pH and AMK in detail.