1. Distributive Nd-to-Yb Energy Transfer within Pure [YbNdYb] Heterometallic Molecules
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Maniaki, Diamantoula, Sickinger, Annika, Moreno, Leoní A Barrios, Aguilà, David, Roubeau, Olivier, Settineri, Nicholas S, Guyot, Yannick, Riobé, François, Maury, Olivier, Galán, Laura Abad, and Aromí, Guillem
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Inorganic Chemistry ,Chemical Sciences ,Affordable and Clean Energy ,Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural) ,Other Chemical Sciences ,Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry ,Inorganic chemistry ,Macromolecular and materials chemistry - Abstract
Facile access to site-selective hetero-lanthanide molecules will open new avenues in the search of novel photophysical phenomena based on Ln-to-Ln' energy transfer (ET). This challenge demands strategies to segregate efficiently different Ln metal ions among different positions in a molecule. We report here the one-step synthesis and structure of a pure [YbNdYb] (1) coordination complex featuring short Yb···Nd distances, ideal to investigate a potential distributive (i.e., from one donor to two acceptors) intramolecular ET from one Nd3+ ion to two Yb3+ centers within a well-characterized molecule. The difference in ionic radius is the mechanism allowing to allocate selectively both types of metal ion within the molecular structure, exploited with the simultaneous use of two β-diketone-type ligands. To assist the photophysical investigation of this heterometallic species, the analogues [YbLaYb] (2) and [LuNdLu] (3) have also been prepared. Sensitization of Yb3+ and Nd3+ in the last two complexes, respectively, was observed, with remarkably long decay times, facilitating the determination of the Nd-to-Yb ET within the [YbNdYb] composite. This ET was demonstrated by comparing the emission of iso-absorbant solutions of 1, 2, and 3 and through lifetime determinations in solution and solid state. The comparatively high efficiency of this process corroborates the facilitating effect of having two acceptors for the nonradiative decay of Nd3+ created within the [YbNdYb] molecule.
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- 2023