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MOFs (Metal organic frameworks) have diverse structures that present great potential for light capture and light conversion. Therefore, MOFs are widely used in the study of photocatalysis. However, there still are some challenges in photocatalytic organic conversion upon MOFs under mild conditions, such as poor light absorption performance. Here, we successfully synthesized a new Cd‐connected two‐dimensional MOF by a simple hydrothermal method, termed [Cd(PLA)(4,4'‐bipy)0.5 ]⋅(DMF) (Cd‐PLA) (PLA= phenylene‐diacetic acid, 4,4'‐bipy= 4,4'‐bipyridine and DMF= N,N'‐dimethyl formamide). The bpy‐containing Cd‐PLA possesses excellent light harvest ability and suitable photocatalysis energy potential, allowing it to be a remarkable photocatalyst with highly efficiency and selectivity for the photo‐oxidation of benzylamine. This work provides an efficient, economical, and green way for oxidation of amines to produce imines under ultraviolet light irradiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nonionic fluorosurfactant zonyl FSN self-assembly on Au(100) is investigated by using scanning tunneling microscopy under ambient conditions. High-resolution STM images reveal that a [array: see text] arrangement of the FSN SAMs is formed on Au(100). Different from the uniform structure of FSN SAMs on Au(111), the adsorption sites of FSN molecules on Au(100) change gradually and form a kind of corrugated structure. The change in the adsorption sites probably originates from the repulsive force among FSN molecules because the nearest-neighbor distance of FSN molecules is 0.41 nm, which is smaller than 0.50 nm on Au(111). The mobility of surface atoms on the Au substrate is enhanced by the interaction between FSN molecules and the Au substrate; therefore, no Au island is observed on the FSN-SAM-covered Au(100).