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Hong Sheng Quah1, Li Ting Ng1, Bruno Donnadieu1
1Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore , 117543, Singapore.
Inorganic Chemistry
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Abstract:
Five lanthanide MOFs with pcu topology have been exfoliated into nanoplatelets of two-dimensional structures via sonication in the dimethylacetamide solvent. These nanosheets are fluorescent under two-photon excitation dominated by the ligand, indicating energy upconversion ability.

