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Hyperspectral Imaging as a Tool to Study Optical Anisotropy in Lanthanide-Based Molecular Single Crystals
Published on: April 14, 2020
Magnetic and luminescent properties of lanthanide coordination polymers with asymmetric
Jie Zhao1, Guan-Hong Zhu, Li-Qiong Xie
1Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Environmentally Functional Materials and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China. wangjgzhu@163.com.
Abstract:
Eight isostructural lanthanide coordination polymers [Ln(bptc)(phen)(H2O)]n (Ln = Dy for , Eu for , Tb for , Gd for , Sm for , Nd for , Yb for , Pr for ) were successfully prepared based on bridging asymmetric polycarboxylate ligand biphenyl-3,2',5'-tricarboxylic acid (H3bptc) and chelating 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) coligand. Single crystal X-ray analysis reveals that complexes have a (3,6)-connected CdI2-type coordination network consisting of paddle-wheel dimers [Ln2(CO2)4]. The magnetic and fluorescent properties of have been investigated. Significantly, the Dy(iii) complex behaves with slow relaxation of the magnetization, where the frequency-dependent out-of-phase signals are noticed.
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