Two silicon-based anionic porous organic polymers with solid microsphere or hollow nanotube morphologies exhibited unprecedented capacity for selective adsorption of cationic dyes.
GdVO 4 nano/microcrystals with different morphologies were successfully synthesized via an efficient and facile hydrothermal process using trisodium citrate (Na 3 Cit) as the chelating ligand. X-Ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), photoluminescence (PL) and cathodoluminescence (CL) spectra were employed to characterize the samples. By tuning the reaction time, vanadium sources, and Na 3 Cit content, GdVO 4 samples with different morphologies and sizes have been successfully synthesised. The possible formation mechanism for these diverse architectures is proposed on the basis of time-dependent experiments. Under ultraviolet (UV) and low-voltage electron beam excitation, GdVO 4 : Ln 3+ (Ln 3+ = Eu, Dy, and Sm) phosphors show strong light emissions with different colors coming from various Ln 3+ ions due to an efficient energy transfer from vanadate groups to the dopants. The ability to generate GdVO 4 nano/microstructures with diverse shapes, and multicolor emission provides a great opportunity for systematically evaluating their luminescence properties, as well as fully exploring their applications in light emitting phosphors, advanced flat panel display, field emission display devices or biological labeling.
A series of lanthanide-organic framework coordination polymers, {[La(2)(TDC)(2)(NO(3))(H(2)O)(4)](OH)·5H(2)O}(n) (1) and [Ln(TDC)(NO(3))(H(2)O)](n) (TDC = thiophene- 2, 5- dicarboxylic acid; Ln = Nd(2), Sm(3), Eu(4), Gd(5), Tb(6), Dy(7), Ho(8), Er(9), Yb(10)) have been synthesized by solvothermal reaction and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, TG analysis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction and power X-ray diffraction. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis results show that 1 displays a 3-D porous framework with (3,7)-connected {4(10).6(11)}{4(3)} topology. The compounds 2-10 crystallized in the same P2(1)/c space group and exhibits a (3,6)-connected {4.6(2)}(2){4(2).6(10).8(3)} topology, Right-handed and left-handed helical chains coexist in the 2-D layer structure. The luminescence properties of 2-10 and the magnetic properties of 5,7,8,9 were investigated.
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