Combination of single-molecule magnet behaviour and luminescence properties in a new series of lanthanide complexes with tris(pyrazolyl)borate and oligo(β-diketonate) ligands.

A series of tris(pyrazolyl)borate mono-, di- and trinuclear complexes, [TpLn]X (Ln = Eu, Tb, Gd, Dy, X = various mono-, bis- and tris(β-diketonates) has been prepared. The Tb and Dy complexes are luminescent single molecular magnets (SMM) and exhibit luminescence quantum efficiencies up to 73% for the Tb and 4.4% for the Dy compounds.

Absorption- and Excitation-Modulated Luminescence of Pr, Nd, and Lu Compounds with Dianions of Tetrafluoroterephthalic and Camphoric Acids.

The luminescence of coordination polymers of Pr, Nd, and Lu with tetrafluoroterephthalate and camphorate, [Ln(Fbdc)(DMF)(HO)] (Ln = Pr, Nd, Lu) and [Ln(Camph)(NO)(MeOH)] (Ln = Pr, Nd, Lu), was studied. Ligand-centered and/or metal-centered emissions appear, which depend on the excitation wavelength, ultimately allowing the emitted light color to be adjusted. Low-efficiency ligand-to-metal energy transfer leads to a difference between the excitation spectra of the tetrafluoroterephthalate- and camphorate-Pr compounds, arising from a primary filtering effect on the ligand-centered excitation, by Pr absorption.

Crystal structures and intense luminescence of tris(3-(2'-pyridyl)-pyrazolyl)borate Tb and Eu complexes with carboxylate co-ligands.

A series of brightly luminescent new mononuclear TpLn(An)(HO) (where An = carboxylate anion, Ln = Eu or Tb and Tp = tris(3-(2'-pyridyl)pyrazolyl)borate) and dinuclear (TpLn)pma(MeOH) (Ln = Eu, Tb, pma = tetraanion of pyromellitic acid) complexes were prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Within each series the compounds possess similar molecular structures, which differ only by the nature of the carboxylate anions. The quantum efficiencies for metal-centered emission of the complexes were up to 29(3)% for Eu and 53(5)% for the Tb compounds and significantly depend on the electronic structure of the additional ligand (i.