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Effect of Microwave Synthesis Conditions on the Structure of Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets
Published on: August 18, 2023
Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure and properties of Ni(II)-4f complexes based on
Ya-Guang Sun1, Gang Xiong, Mei-Yan Guo
1Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China. yaguangsun@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract:
Nine novel heterometallic coordination polymers [Ln(2)Ni(Hbidc)(2)(SO(4))(2)(H(2)O)(8)](n) (Ln = Pr (1), Sm (2), Eu (3), Gd (4), Tb (5), Dy (6), Ho (7), Er (8), Yb (9), H(3)bidc = 1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid) have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, TG analysis and single crystal X-ray diffraction. X-ray analysis revealed that all complexes present almost identical three-dimensional (3D) structures with PtS-type topology. Complexes 1-7 are all isomorphous, and the structure variation of polymers 8 and 9 is induced by the lanthanide contraction effect. In additional, the luminescence properties of complexes 2, 3 and 5-7, and the magnetic properties of complexes 4 and 6-8 were investigated.
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