We describe a new organic/inorganic material emitting circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). The hybrid system was obtained by the following steps: (i) preliminary grafting of the europium N,N-dibutylcarbamate [Eu(O2CNBu2)3] complex onto silica, (ii) substitution of the residual carbamato groups with anionic 1,3-diphenyl-1,3-propanedionato ligands (dbm), and (iii) subsequent introduction of the neutral tridentate chiral ligand 2,6-bis(isopropyl2-oxazolin-2-yl)pyridine (iPr-PyBox) in the metal coordination sphere. The solid material is stable to air and does not leach either the metal or the ligand. Samples of both enantiomers have been studied, showing mirror-image CPL spectra. The molecular compounds [Eu(dbm)3-(S)-(iPr-PyBox)] and [Eu(dbm)3-(R)-(iPrPyBox)] were prepared for comparison purposes and their molecular structures studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, showing mononuclear derivatives with a coordination number of 9 for europium. Powder X-ray diffraction showed a single crystalline phase. Photoluminescence and CPL evidenced the presence of a single emitting species.

Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Silica-Grafted Europium Chiral Derivatives Prepared through a Sequential Functionalization

Armelao L;Bottaro G;
2017

Abstract

We describe a new organic/inorganic material emitting circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). The hybrid system was obtained by the following steps: (i) preliminary grafting of the europium N,N-dibutylcarbamate [Eu(O2CNBu2)3] complex onto silica, (ii) substitution of the residual carbamato groups with anionic 1,3-diphenyl-1,3-propanedionato ligands (dbm), and (iii) subsequent introduction of the neutral tridentate chiral ligand 2,6-bis(isopropyl2-oxazolin-2-yl)pyridine (iPr-PyBox) in the metal coordination sphere. The solid material is stable to air and does not leach either the metal or the ligand. Samples of both enantiomers have been studied, showing mirror-image CPL spectra. The molecular compounds [Eu(dbm)3-(S)-(iPr-PyBox)] and [Eu(dbm)3-(R)-(iPrPyBox)] were prepared for comparison purposes and their molecular structures studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, showing mononuclear derivatives with a coordination number of 9 for europium. Powder X-ray diffraction showed a single crystalline phase. Photoluminescence and CPL evidenced the presence of a single emitting species.
2017
Istituto di Chimica della Materia Condensata e di Tecnologie per l'Energia - ICMATE
Circularly Polarized Luminescence
silica-grafted europium complexes
material functionalization
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