Luminescent lanthanide coordination polymers synthesized via in-situ hydrolysis of dimethyl-3,4-furandicarboxylate

Natalie E. Greig, Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Jessica M. Clark, Eric J. Corcoran, Joseph P. Karram, Charles A. Kent, Vadine E. Eugene, Benny C. Chan, Daniel T. De Lill

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Abstract

Dimethyl-3,4-furandicarboxylate undergoes hydrolysis under hydrothermal conditions with lanthanide (Ln) ions to form two-dimensional coordination polymers, [Ln(C6H2O5)(C6H3O5)(H2O)]n (Ln=Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu). The resulting materials exhibit luminescent properties with quantum yields and lifetimes for the Eu(III) and Tb(III) compounds of 1.1±0.3% and 0.387±0.0001 ms, and 3.3±0.8% and 0.769±0.006 ms, respectively. Energy values for the singlet and triplet states were determined for dimethyl-3,4-furandicarboxylate and 3,4-furandicarboxylic acid. Excited state dynamics and structural features are examined to explicate the reported quantum yields. A series of other FDC structures is briefly presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)402-409
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume225
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2015
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The authors would like to thank Florida Atlantic University for funding this project along with the NSF MRI Grant (No. 0922931 ). The authors would also like to thank Andrew Kerr and Dr. Christopher L. Cahill at The George Washington University for PXRD data, and Dr. Sharon Rivera for assistance with Gaussian. Many of the undergraduate students working on this project were funded through grants from FAU׳s Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry.

FundersFunder number
FAU׳s Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
NSF MRI0922931
Florida Atlantic University

    Keywords

    • Coordination polymers
    • Crystal structure
    • Lanthanide luminescence
    • Quantum yield

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