Photo-functional properties of coordination compounds with lanthanide arrangement

Abstract

Researches on coordination compounds with lanthanide arrangement get much attentions for their photophysical properties. Here, we describe characteristic optical properties of clusters and coordination polymer crystals with well-organized lanthanide structures. The lanthanide clusters with a Ln-O-Ln lattice provide characteristic photoluminescence properties and opto-magneto properties (i.e., Faraday effect). On the other hand, the coordination polymer crystals with extended lanthanide arrangement via linker ligand demonstrate characteristic luminescent properties, such as a temperature sensitive luminescence or triboluminescence. These photochemistries are expected to open up a new field of advanced lanthanide materials.