Development of responsive visibly and NIR luminescent and supramolecular coordination self-assemblies using lanthanide ion directed synthesis

Exploring the Effect of Ligand Structural Isomerism in Langmuir–Blodgett Films of Chiral Luminescent EuIII Self‐Assemblies

“…Supramolecular chemists have synthesised a vast variety of self‐assembled systems in which the formation of macromolecular constructions is based on the interactions between organic ligands with metal ions . The interest in the use of f‐metal ions (e.g., lanthanides, Ln ) for such applications is fast growing as they possess many useful properties, such as luminescence, magnetism, high coordination requirements, and so on, leading to the development of new functional materials . In the past we have developed several examples of luminescent Ln ‐based self‐assembly systems that have been based on the functionalization of 2,6‐pyridinedicarboxylic acid ( H 2 dpa )– and 2,6‐bis(1,2,3‐triazol‐4‐yl)pyridine ( btp )– motifs, which provide a terdentate coordination pocket and as such enable full saturation of the coordination environment of Ln ion through the formation of tris‐complexes .…”

Thermodynamics of Self‐Assembly of Dicarboxylate Ions with Binuclear Lanthanide Complexes

“…The use of lanthanide complexes to define the concentration of a range of analytes is well established, both in terms of supramolecular coordination chemistry and bioassays. In many of these applications, direct coordination of anions to the lanthanide can be exploited to give concentration‐dependent variations in the photophysical properties at the lanthanide centre . Due to the nature of the 4 f orbitals, the interactions between the analytes and trivalent lanthanide ions exploited in these applications are predominately ionic in nature…”

Lanthanide-based self-assemblies of 2,6-pyridyldicarboxamide ligands: Recent advances and applications as next-generation luminescent and magnetic materials

“…During the same year the group of Gunnlaugsson developed [2]-and [3]catenanes using lanthanide templates with a pdc based ligand, L6 (Fig. 6).…”

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Whilst historically this field has been heavily skewed towards transition metal-based systems, there is a smaller sub-section made up of lanthanide-based assemblies that have been the focal point for some research groups owing to their well-known optical and magnetic properties. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Moreover, with the current drive to develop more complex luminescent and magnetically interesting materials (e.g.…”