Issue 28, 2014

Tunable white-light emission from mixed lanthanide (Eu3+, Gd3+, Tb3+) coordination polymers derived from 4-(dipyridin-2-yl)aminobenzoate

Abstract

Herein, we have developed a series of isostructural mixed Ln3+-4-(dipyridin-2-yl)aminobenzoate coordination polymers [Ln3+ = Eu3+ (1), Tb3+ (2), and Gd3+ (3)], and characterized and investigated their photophysical properties. The results demonstrated that by gently tuning the excitation wavelength of these mixed lanthanide complexes, white light emission can be realized with the Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage coordinates (0.32, 0.34). Furthermore, by changing the concentration profiles of lanthanide ions stoichiometrically in mixed-lanthanide complexes and exciting at particular wavelengths, various emission colours can also be successfully obtained. The antenna ligand, 4-(dipyridin-2-yl)aminobenzoic acid, provides an efficient energy transfer for the sensitization of Eu3+ and Tb3+ complexes and exhibits red and green emissions, respectively. Most importantly, due to the high energy (32 150 cm−1) of the Gd3+ ion lowest-lying emission level, the corresponding Gd3+ complex displays ligand-centered visible emission in the blue light region, and hence it acts as a blue emitter. Therefore, Eu3+ and Tb3+ complexes in conjunction with a Gd3+ complex is a suitable choice to obtain tunable white-light-emission from Ln3+ coordination polymers. The morphological analyses of the mixed lanthanide coordination polymers by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) disclose that these compounds exist as unique crystalline nano-rods with an average diameter of 200 nm. The developed mixed lanthanide complexes also exhibit high thermal stability (∼420 °C).

Graphical abstract: Tunable white-light emission from mixed lanthanide (Eu3+, Gd3+, Tb3+) coordination polymers derived from 4-(dipyridin-2-yl)aminobenzoate

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Mar 2014
Accepted
19 May 2014
First published
19 May 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 10940-10946

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Tunable white-light emission from mixed lanthanide (Eu3+, Gd3+, Tb3+) coordination polymers derived from 4-(dipyridin-2-yl)aminobenzoate

A. R. Ramya, S. Varughese and M. L. P. Reddy, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 10940 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00871E

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