PMID- 27411484 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20180105 LR - 20180105 IS - 1477-9234 (Electronic) IS - 1477-9226 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 30 DP - 2016 Aug 14 TI - Structure and efficient luminescence upconversion of Ln(iii) aromatic N-oxide coordination polymers. PG - 12200-5 LID - 10.1039/c6dt01828a [doi] AB - A series of lanthanide-based coordination polymers [Yb1-xErx(4,4'-bpdo)3(H2O)2](CF3SO3)3infinity were synthesised by solvent diffusion techniques, where 4,4'-bpdo = 4,4'-bipyridine-N,N'-dioxide, and using differing mole fractions of Yb(iii) and Er(iii) which were systematically varied (x = 0, 0.05, 0.20, 0.50 and 1). All of the materials obtained were characterised using elemental analyses, single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SXRD) and solid-state photoluminescence studies. Structurally, the coordination polymers crystallise as an isomorphous series of infinite 2D sheets, which contain two inner sphere water molecules, and are isostructural with a previously characterised homometallic Yb(iii) compound. In addition to the normal Near Infra-Red (NIR) luminescence, these compounds also demonstrate upconversion emission upon 980 nm excitation. Upconversion luminescence measurements reveal visible emission in the red, green, and blue regions corresponding to the (2)H11/2-->(4)I15/2, (4)F9/2-->(4)I15/2 and (2)H9/2-->(4)I15/2 transitions of the Er(iii) cation upon two and three-photon excitation. We also observed weak emission from the Er(iii) cation in the UV region for the first time in a Ln-MOF based material. FAU - Chong, Bowie S K AU - Chong BS AD - School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. egmoore@uq.edu.au. FAU - Moore, Evan G AU - Moore EG LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160714 PL - England TA - Dalton Trans JT - Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) JID - 101176026 EDAT- 2016/07/15 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/15 06:01 CRDT- 2016/07/15 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/15 06:01 [medline] AID - 10.1039/c6dt01828a [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dalton Trans. 2016 Aug 14;45(30):12200-5. doi: 10.1039/c6dt01828a. Epub 2016 Jul 14.