Enhanced luminescence and tunable magnetic properties of lanthanide coordination polymers based on fluorine substitution and phenanthroline ligand

Abstract

A family of highly stable lanthanide coordination polymers incorporating fluorine-substituted carboxylate tectonics and the rigid ligand phenanthroline, namely, {[Lnm(Tfbda)n(Phen)2·2H2O]·2H2O}z, (Ln = Pr (1), Ho (4) and Gd (7), m = 2, n = 3); {[Ln3 (Tfbda)m1 (Tfba)m2(Phen)n·2H2O]·H2O}z (z > 1, Ln = Dy (3), Er (5) and Yb (6), m1 = 4, m2 = 1, n = 3); [Ln2(H2Tfbda)4(Phen)2·(H2O)2]·Phen (Ln = Nd (2)), Tfbda = 3,4,5,6-tetrafluoro-benzene-1,2-dioic acid, Tfba = 2,3,4,5-tetrafluorobenzoic acid have been afforded under hydrothermal conditions. The series of coordination polymers exhibited diverse structural motifs, from dinuclear cluster to 1-D chain arrary, displaying efficiently sensitized luminescence over a spectral range from visible to near-infrared (NIR) region and a long lifetime, due to efficient energy transfer from fluorine-substituted ligands to Ln(iii) centers in solid state. Slow relaxation magnetization and significant frequency- and temperature-dependent peaks were observed in trinuclear Dy(iii)-based coordination polymer 3. DC magnetic susceptibility studies reveal the existence of weak ferromagnetic interaction within 7.