Aggregation-induced white-light emission from the triple-stranded dinuclear Sm(III) complex

作者：Leng Jiaqi; Li Hongfeng^*; Chen Peng; Sun Wenbin; Gao Ting; Yan Pengfei

来源：Dalton Transactions, 2014, 43(32): 12228-12235.

DOI：10.1039/c4dt00820k

A novel bis-beta-diketone ligand, 4,4'-bis(4,4,4-trifluoro-1,3-dioxobutyl)(phenoxy)-1,1'-binaphthalene (BTPB), is designed for synthesis of a white light emissive lanthanide complex. The ligand bears two benzoyl beta-diketonate sites linked by a 1,1'-binaphthoxy spacer. Reaction of the doubly negatively charged bis-bidentate ligand with lanthanide ions forms triple-stranded dinuclear complexes Sm-2(BTPB)(3)(H2O)(4) (1) and Gd-2(BTPB)(3)(H2O)(4) (2), which have been fully characterized by various spectroscopic techniques. UV-Vis absorption and emission spectroscopic techniques are used to investigate photophysical properties of the ligand and its complexes in THF and CHCl3. In some cases aggregation of the ligand results in the appearance of a new luminescence band at about 510 nm in addition to the monomer fluorescence. In complex 1, partial energy transfer from BTPB results in Sm(III)-based red light emission in addition to the BTPB-based blue/green emission. With the variation of the excited wavelength and concentration of the solution, complex 1 shows a tunable white light emission with the balance of three primary colors. This is an unusual case of observation of white tight emission from a single molecule Sm(III) complex.

• 出版日期2014-8-28
• 单位黑龙江大学