{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lu H"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["1079-1088"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12933364"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Secure information encryption is paramount in modern society for data protection, anticounterfeiting, and confidential communication. Here, we report the first demonstration of radiochromic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for high-security information encryption, leveraging their unique X-ray-induced chromic responses. Three thorium-based MOFs (<b>Htpc</b>⊂<b>TOF</b>, <b>Hmpc</b>⊂<b>TOF</b>, and <b>Hpybz</b>⊂<b>TOF</b>) were rationally constructed by embedding distinct pyridine-derived guest molecules within a robust layered Th<sub>6</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-O)<sub>4</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-OH)<sub>4</sub>(HCOO)<sub>12</sub>(DMF)<sub>2</sub>·2DMF host framework. Remarkably, upon X-ray irradiation, each framework exhibits well-defined and distinguishable color transformations, including purple for <"],"journal":["JACS Au"],"pubmed_title":["Emergence of Radiochromic Metal-Organic Frameworks for Information Encryption via Dual-Stimuli Responses."],"pmcid":["PMC12933364"],"funding_grant_id":["22322609","U22B20139"],"pubmed_authors":["Yang J","Qian J","Chen Q","Lu H","Chen J","Wang C","Zhang ZH","Ma J","He MY","Lin J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Emergence of Radiochromic Metal-Organic Frameworks for Information Encryption via Dual-Stimuli Responses.","description":"Secure information encryption is paramount in modern society for data protection, anticounterfeiting, and confidential communication. Here, we report the first demonstration of radiochromic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for high-security information encryption, leveraging their unique X-ray-induced chromic responses. Three thorium-based MOFs (<b>Htpc</b>⊂<b>TOF</b>, <b>Hmpc</b>⊂<b>TOF</b>, and <b>Hpybz</b>⊂<b>TOF</b>) were rationally constructed by embedding distinct pyridine-derived guest molecules within a robust layered Th<sub>6</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-O)<sub>4</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-OH)<sub>4</sub>(HCOO)<sub>12</sub>(DMF)<sub>2</sub>·2DMF host framework. Remarkably, upon X-ray irradiation, each framework exhibits well-defined and distinguishable color transformations, including purple for <","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Feb","modification":"2026-07-16T22:13:17.38Z","creation":"2026-07-12T03:07:26.981Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12933364","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41755823"],"doi":["10.1021/jacsau.5c01489"]}}