Abstract
An isomorphous series of lanthanoid complexes containing tribenzoylmethanide (tbm) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligands has been synthesised and structurally characterised. These complexes, formulated as [Ln(phen)(tbm)(3)] (Ln = Eu3+, Er3+ and Yb3+), were compared with analogous dibenzoylmethanide (dbm) [Ln(phen)(dbm)(3)] complexes to investigate the effect of changing -diketonate to -triketonate ligands on the photophysical properties of the complex. The photophysical properties for the Eu3+ complexes were similar for both systems, whereas a modest enhancement was observed for Yb3+ and Er3+ moving from the dbm to the tbm complexes. A detailed study of the NIR photophysical properties was achieved by adapting the integrating sphere method for the calculation of overall quantum yields in the solid state.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7956-7964 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Dalton Transactions |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Jun 2018 |