Multinuclear NIR luminescent 1,4-BDC bridged Schiff-base complexes of Nd(III)

Recent Advances of Near-Infrared (NIR) Emissive Metal Complexes Bridged by Ligands with N- and/or O-Donor Sites

Near-infrared (NIR) emissive metal complexes have shown potential applications in optical communication, chemosensors, bioimaging, and laser and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) due to their structural tunability and luminescence stability. Among them, complexes with bridging ligands that exhibit unique emission behavior have attracted extensive interests in recent years. The target performance can be easily achieved by NIR light-emitting metal complexes with bridging ligands through molecular structure design. In this review, the luminescence mechanism and design strategies of NIR luminescent metal complexes with bridging ligands are described firstly, and then summarize the recent advance of NIR luminescent metal complexes with bridging ligands in the fields of electroluminescence and biosensing/bioimaging. Finally, the development trend of NIR luminescent metal complexes with bridging ligands are proposed, which shows an attractive prospect in the field of photophysical and photochemical materials.

Construction and magnetic study of two new dysprosium complexes with chain or tetranuclear structure

Two novel dysprosium complexes with one-dimensional or tetranuclear structure exhibiting distinct slow magnetic relaxation were reported.

Nine self-assembled nickel(ii)–lanthanide(iii) heterometallic complexes constructed from a Salamo-type bisoxime and bearing a N- or O-donor auxiliary ligand: syntheses, structures and magnetic properties

Nine Ni(ii)–Ln(iii) complexes were prepared using 3-MeOsalamo and structurally characterized, and their magnetic properties were studied.

Temperature-dependent self-assembly of near-infrared (NIR) luminescent Zn2Ln and Zn2Ln3 (Ln=Nd, Yb or Er) complexes from the flexible Salen-type Schiff-base ligand

Through the self-assembly of the precursor [Zn(L)(MeCN)] (H2L=N,N'-bis(3-methoxy-salicylidene)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine) with LnCl3·6H2O (Ln=La, Nd, Yb, Er or Gd) and NaN3 in alcohol-containing solutions, two series of mixed anions-induced Zn2Ln-arrayed complexes [Zn2(L)2(MeOH)ClLn(N3)]·Cl (Ln=La, 1; Ln=Nd, 2; Ln=Yb, 3; Ln=Er, 4 or Ln=Gd, 5) and Zn2Ln3-arrayed complexes [Zn2(L)3Cl2(μ2-OH)(μ3-OH)2Ln3(N3)2] (Ln=La, 6; Ln=Nd, 7; Ln=Yb, 8; Ln=Er, 9 or Ln=Gd, 10) are obtained at room temperature or under reflux, respectively. In contrast to Zn2Ln-arrayed complexes with the two Zn2+ ions in the inner cis-N2O2 cores and one Ln3+ ion in the outer O2O2 moieties, the demetalation of partial precursors leads to the selective exchange of Zn2+ centers for the Ln3+ ions for the formation of novel heterometallic Zn2Ln3-arrayed complexes with the Ln3+ ions in both the inner cis-N2O2 core and the outer O2O2 moieties of the ligands. The result of their photophysical properties shows that the characteristic near-infrared (NIR) luminescence of Nd3+ or Yb3+ ion has been sensitized from the excited state (both 1LC and 3LC) of the ligand H2L, while relatively lower quantum yields for Zn2Ln3-arrayed complexes than those for Zn2Ln-arrayed complexes, correspondingly, should be due to the luminescent quenching with the involvement of OH- oscillators around the Ln3+ ions.

Near-infrared (NIR) luminescent hetero-tetranuclear Zn2Ln2 (Ln = Nd, Yb or Er) complexes self-assembled from the benzimidazole-based HL and two rigid 4,4'-bipyridine ligands with different spacers

Through the self-assembly of the benzimidazole-based ligand HL (HL=2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-6-methoxyphenol) with Zn(OAc)2 · 2H2O, Ln(NO3)3·6H2O (Ln=Nd, Yb, Er or Gd) and 4,4'-bipyridine ligand (bpy, 4,4'-bipyridine or bpe, trans-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene), two series of Zn2Ln2-arrayed complexes [Zn(2)Ln(2)(L)4(bpy)(NO3)6] (Ln=Nd, 1; Yb, 2; Er, 3 or Gd, 4) and [Zn(2)Ln(2)(L)4(bpe)(NO3)6] (Ln=Nd, 5; Yb, 6; Er, 7 or Gd, 8) were obtained, respectively. The result of their photophysical properties shows that the characteristic near-infrared (NIR) luminescence of Nd(3+), Yb(3+) or Er(3+) ion has been sensitized from the excited state (both (1)LC and (3)LC) of the mixed HL and bipyridyl ligands in both complexes 1-3 and 5-7. Moreover, the change from bpy to bpe bridging for the fine-tuning of whole molecular conjugations, attributing to the different crossings of the two benzimidazole-based L(-) ligands, has the important influence on their NIR luminescent properties.