Rb2REGaSi4O12 (RE = Y, Eu, Gd, Tb): luminescent mixed-anion double layer silicates containing chains of edge-sharing REO7 pentagonal bipyramids.

Four new rare earth gallosilicates, Rb 2REGaSi4O12 (RE = Y, Eu, Gd, and Tb, denoted as REGS-1), have been synthesized under high-temperature, high-pressure hydrothermal conditions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. They are the first examples of rare earth gallosilicates that contain individually occupied tetrahedral Ga(3+) and Si(4+) centers. The unique structure is formed of two 1D and one 2D substructural units: unbranched achter single chains which are seldom observed in silicates, the PaCl 5-type infinite chains formed of edge-sharing REO7 petagonal bipyramids and the unprecedented mixed-anion double layers with the composition [GaSi4O12].

Discrete water hexamers and template-assisted molecular recognition in an elastic zincophosphate lattice.

Water molecules and terephthalic acid, respectively, exist as a self-assembled monolayer of cyclic (H2O)6 clusters and (TA)infinity chiral chains between the zincophosphate sheets (in blue wires); the irremovable template H3tren3+ ions (in purple wires) are dynamic and could translate back and forth on the sheets during the conversion of the supramolecule contained in one another.

Direct white light phosphor: a porous zinc gallophosphate with tunable yellow-to-white luminescence.

A nanoporous zinc gallophosphate framework, NTHU-4, possessing 14-ring channels, disordered rims, and two luminant analogues, NTHU-4Y and NTHU-4W, has been synthesized and characterized; NTHU-4Y is an intrinsic yellow phosphor, while NTHU-4W is a white phosphor. The unique tetrahedral framework can be excited by wavelengths longer than 254 nm to give intense yellow-to-white luminescence. Subtle changes in disorderliness were observed to be related to the distinct photoluminescence property.

A zeolitic organo-metallophosphate hybrid material with bimodal porosity.

The first metal carboxylatophosphate, NTHU-2, contains inorganic ZnHPO4 layers linked by BDC units (BDC = 1,4-benzene dicarboxylate or terephthalic anion); the three-dimensional anionic framework has large pores with the smallest diameter being 1.36 nm; N2 sorption isotherms reveal both micro- and mesoporosity; the new material is photoluminescent and disassembles in water wherein the discharged organic fragments form mixed crystals.