Photolysis of light-transforming polymeric materials based on europium(III) nitrate with 1,10-phenanthroline and quinaldic acid

Photophysical and Theoretical Interpretation of the Insensitive Emission to Temperature of a Metallopolymer Containing Europium Ions

“…Metallopolymers are considered to be in the forefront of luminescent applications in the fields of electroeletronic devices, nanobiomedical, microelectronics, microfluidics, and luminescent sensors. , The hybrid characteristics of metallopolymers allow the combination between the metallic and the organic parts, giving rise to new properties in optics and electronics applications. − To explore the properties of metallopolymers, lanthanide coordination polymers can assume three main configurations: type I in which the lanthanide is linked to a lateral chain of the polymer, without electronic interaction with the main chain; type II in which the metal is inserted into the polymer as ramification, interacting with its π system; and type III in which the metallic center is directly linked to the polymer backbone. Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages, depending on the envisaged application. − Recently, metallopolymers as ratiometric luminescent probes have attracted great attention because apart from the interest in soluble molecular luminophores showing temperature-dependent luminescence, they can afford more robust signals and can eliminate most of the ambiguities. , …”