TY - JOUR
T1 - Photophysical investigation of near infrared emitting lanthanoid complexes incorporating tris(2-naphthoyl)methane as a new antenna ligand
AU - Abad Galán, Laura
AU - Wada, Satoshi
AU - Cameron, Lee
AU - Sobolev, Alexandre
AU - Hasegawa, Yasuchika
AU - Zysman-Colman, Eli
AU - Ogden, Mark
AU - Massi, Massimiliano
N1 - This research was partially supportedby the Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (project DP17010189), and a Royal Society International Exchanges Grant. EZ-C thanks EPSRC (EP/M02105X/1) for support. L.A.G thanks Curtin University for the postgraduate scholarship.
PY - 2019/3/21
Y1 - 2019/3/21
N2 - A conjugated β-triketone, tris(2-naphthoyl)methane (tnmH), has been synthesized and successfully utilized as an antenna moiety for sensitization of the trivalent lanthanoids Eu3+, Sm3+, Yb3+ and Nd3+, in an isomorphous series of mononuclear complexes formulated as [Ln(tnm)3(DMSO)2] (Ln3+ = Nd3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Gd3+ and Yb3+). The photophysical properties of the materials were characterized as comprehensively as possible, with overall quantum yields, intrinsic quantum yields based on calculated radiative decays, and sensitization efficiencies reported. This investigation improves understanding of the sensitization processes occurring in the near-infrared (NIR) region systems in particular, where quantitative data is currently scarce. In fact, the [Yb(tnm)3(DMSO)2] and its deuterated analogue, [Yb(tnm)3(d6-DMSO)2], present high values of overall quantum yield of 4% and 6%, respectively, which makes them useful and readily accessible references for future investigation of NIR-emitting systems.
AB - A conjugated β-triketone, tris(2-naphthoyl)methane (tnmH), has been synthesized and successfully utilized as an antenna moiety for sensitization of the trivalent lanthanoids Eu3+, Sm3+, Yb3+ and Nd3+, in an isomorphous series of mononuclear complexes formulated as [Ln(tnm)3(DMSO)2] (Ln3+ = Nd3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Gd3+ and Yb3+). The photophysical properties of the materials were characterized as comprehensively as possible, with overall quantum yields, intrinsic quantum yields based on calculated radiative decays, and sensitization efficiencies reported. This investigation improves understanding of the sensitization processes occurring in the near-infrared (NIR) region systems in particular, where quantitative data is currently scarce. In fact, the [Yb(tnm)3(DMSO)2] and its deuterated analogue, [Yb(tnm)3(d6-DMSO)2], present high values of overall quantum yield of 4% and 6%, respectively, which makes them useful and readily accessible references for future investigation of NIR-emitting systems.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85062833289
U2 - 10.1039/C8DT04749A
DO - 10.1039/C8DT04749A
M3 - Article
SN - 1477-9226
VL - 48
SP - 3768
EP - 3776
JO - Dalton Transactions
JF - Dalton Transactions
IS - 11
ER -