1D-Zigzag Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup> Coordination Chains as Luminescent Ratiometric Thermometers Endowed with Multicolor Emission

Two homometallic Coordination Polymers (CPs) with composition [Ln(hfac)<sub>3</sub>bipy]<sub>n</sub> (Ln<sup>3+</sup> = Eu<sup>3+</sup>, <b>1</b>, and Tb<sup>3+</sup>, <b>2</b>; hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonato, bipy...

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Auteurs principaux: Luca Bellucci, Gregorio Bottaro, Luca Labella, Fabio Marchetti, Simona Samaritani, Daniela Belli Dell'Amico, Lidia Armelao
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Publié: MDPI AG 2021
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Résumé:Two homometallic Coordination Polymers (CPs) with composition [Ln(hfac)<sub>3</sub>bipy]<sub>n</sub> (Ln<sup>3+</sup> = Eu<sup>3+</sup>, <b>1</b>, and Tb<sup>3+</sup>, <b>2</b>; hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonato, bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine) were used to develop a family of ratiometric luminescent thermometers containing Eu<sup>3+</sup> and Tb<sup>3+</sup> as red and green emitters, respectively. The thermometric properties of pure CPs and of their mixtures having an Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup> molar ratio of 1:1, 1:3, 1:5, and 1:10 (samples: <b>Eu1Tb1</b>, <b>Eu1Tb3</b>, <b>Eu1Tb5</b>, and <b>Eu1Tb10</b>) were studied in the 83–383 K temperature range. Irrespective of the chemical composition, we observed similar thermometric responses characterized by broad applicative temperature ranges (from 100 to 165 K wide), and high relative thermal sensitivity values (S<sub>r</sub>), up to 2.40% K<sup>−1</sup>, in the physiological temperature range (298–318 K). All samples showed emissions endowed with peculiar and continuous color variation from green (83 K) to red (383 K) that can be exploited to develop a colorimetric temperature indicator. At fixed temperature, the color of the emitted light can be tuned by varying composition and excitation wavelength.