Structural and photophysical properties of coordination networks combining [Ru(bipy)(CN)4]2- anions and lanthanide(III) cations: rates of photoinduced Ru-to-lanthanide energy transfer and sensitized near-infrared luminescence.

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Co-crystallization of K2[Ru(bipy)(CN)4] with lanthanide(III) salts (Ln = Pr, Nd, Gd, Er, Yb) from aqueous solution affords coordination oligomers and networks in which the [Ru(bipy)(CN)4]2- unit is connected to the lanthanide cation via Ru-CN-Ln bridges. The complexes fall into two structural types: [{Ru(bipy)(CN)4}2{Ln(H2O)m}{K(H2O)n}] x xH2O (Ln = Pr, Er, Yb; m = 7, 6, 6, respectively), in which two [Ru(bipy)(CN)4]2- units are connected to a single lanthanide ion by single cyanide bridges t...

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Authors: Davies, G; Pope, S; Adams, H; Faulkner, S; Ward, MD

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Inorganic chemistry
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 13
• Pages: 4656-4665
• Publication date: 2005-06-01
• DOI: 10.1021/ic050512k
• EISSN: 1520-510X
• ISSN: 0020-1669
• Language: English