Fluoride-enhanced lanthanide luminescence and white-light emitting in multifunctional Al3Ln2(Ln = Nd, Eu, Yb) heteropentanuclear complexesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Detailed synthetic procedures and characterization for compounds 2–4. CCDC 727234. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/b912474h

Multifunctional heteropentanuclear Al3Ln2(Ln = Nd, Eu, Yb) clusters with a novel structure exhibit significantly fluoride-enhanced lanthanide emission intensity and lifetime in both solid state and solution as well as unusual white-light emitting for an Al3Eu2complex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]