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Published on: August 26, 2018
Solvoluminescence of Cerium(III) Thiocyanate Complex
Yusuke Kuramochi1,2, Shunsuke Sayama1, Akiharu Satake1,2
1Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
Abstract:
A cerium(III) thiocyanate complex shows bright-blue emission at approximately 450 nm in acetonitrile, the quantum yield of which reaches more than 40 % at 298 K. Non-coordinating solvents such as acetonitrile give blue emission whereas oxygen-coordinating and nitrogen-coordinating solvents afford near UV and green emissions, respectively.
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