Unusual photoluminescence properties of the 3D mixed-lanthanide-organic frameworks induced by dimeric structures: a theoretical and experimental approach.

The present work describes a complementary experimental and theoretical investigation of the spectroscopic properties of the four isostructural 3D Ln-MOFs (wherein PDC = pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylate, [La2(PDC)3(H2O)4]·2H2O (1), [(La0.9Eu0.1)2(PDC)3(H2O)4]·2H2O (2), [(La0.

Synthesis, structure and luminescence properties of a cadmium(II)-based coordination polymer with (S)-4,4'-bis(4-carboxyphenyl)-2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl as chiral linker.

Solvothermal reaction of cadmium(II) nitrate with (S)-4,4'-bis(4-carboxyphenyl)-2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl (H2L) in dimethylformamide (dmf) gave the two-dimensional chiral coordination polymer [{Cd2(L)2(H2O)}·18 dmf]n (1), which is thermally stable up to 400 °C according to DTA/TG analysis. According to single-crystal X-ray analysis, 1 forms layers in the [1[combining macron]01] direction, which are relatively well separated from each other. Compound L exhibits ligand-based bluish luminescence, assigned to the S1→S0 transition of the aromatic units in L.

Red, Green, and Blue Photoluminescence of Ba₂SiO₄:M (M = Eu, Eu, Sr) Nanophosphors.

Divalent europium doped barium orthosilicate is a very important phosphor for the production of light emitting diodes (LEDs), generally associated to the green emission color of micron-sized crystals synthesized by means of solid-state reactions. This work presents the combustion synthesis as an energy and time-saving preparation method for very small nano-sized Ba₂SiO₄ particles, flexibly doped to acquire different emission energies. The size of the resulting spherical nanoparticles (NPs) of the green emitting Ba₂SiO₄:Eu was estimated to about 35 nm applying the Scherrer equation and further characterized with aid of atomic force microscopy (AFM) as well as scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Surface-anchored MOF-based photonic antennae.

The loading of a metal-organic framework (MOF), [Cu(3)(btc)(2)xH(2)O] HKUST-1, with europium β-diketonate complexes is studied with the goal to using the porous molecular framework as a photonic antenna. Whereas loading of HKUST-1 powder particles produced via the conventional solvothermal synthesis method was strongly hindered, for HKUST-1 SURMOFs, thin MOF films fabricated using the liquid phase epitaxy method, a high filling factor can be achieved. The optical properties of the HKUST-1-MOFs before and after loading were analysed with the aid of luminescence spectroscopy.