journal article·2026-07-13Open access

Ti‐Doping Activates Adjacent Zr Sites in Bimetallic MOFs for Cooperative Phospholipid Removals in Human Biomonitoring

Yanmin Liang, Hongyue Ma, Feier Bai, Jing Zhang, Yan Qi, Bing Shao

Abstract

ABSTRACT The interference of phospholipids in serum poses a critical bottleneck for nontargeted human biomonitoring of chemical hazards. Here, we report a Ti‐doping strategy to activate adjacent Zr sites in a bimetallic Zr/Ti metal‐organic framework (B‐Zr/Ti MOF) for cooperative and efficient phospholipid removal. By precisely engineering the Ti content, the optimal B‐Zr/Ti MOF achieves near‐complete removal of major phospholipid subclasses while maintaining high recoveries (>50%) for over 500 diverse chemical hazards, even at trace levels (10 ng mL − 1 ). Combined XPS, FT‐IR, and DFT calculations reveal that Ti incorporation modulates the local electronic environment, converting adjacent Zr sites into highly active Lewis acid centers that synergistically anchor phosphate headgroups via inner‐sphere coordination. When integrated into a nontargeted LC‐HRMS workflow, this material dramatically reduces matrix effects and expands detectable feature coverage. This work establishes bimetallic node engineering as a powerful strategy to overcome matrix interference in exposomics and precision biomonitoring.
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OpenAlex topics: Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications · Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection · Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

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Affiliations

National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health Security College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University Beijing China

Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control Beijing China

School of Public Health Capital Medical University Beijing China

School of Food and Bioengineering Xihua University Chengdu China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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