Issue 18, 2011
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Understanding ligand-centred photoluminescence through flexibility and bonding of anthraquinone inorganic–organic frameworks†

Joshua D. Furman,ab   Ryan P. Burwood,a   Min Tang,c   Alexander A. Mikhailovskyd  and  Anthony K. Cheetham*a  

* Corresponding authors

a University of Cambridge, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Cambridge, UK
E-mail: akc30@cam.ac.uk

b Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

c University of California Santa Barbara, Materials Research Laboratory, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

d University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Chemistry, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Abstract

Five novel inorganic–organic framework compounds containing the organic chromophore ligand anthraquinone-2,3-dicarboxylic acid (abbreviated H2AQDC) and calcium (CaAQDC), zinc (ZnAQDC), cadmium (CdAQDC), manganese (MnAQDC), and nickel (NiAQDC), respectively, have been synthesized. The photoluminescence of these materials is only visible at low temperatures and this behaviour has been evaluated in terms of ligand rigidity. It is proposed that the 2,3 position bonding sites result in luminescence-quenching ligand motion, as supported by X-ray diffraction and temperature-dependent luminescence studies.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0JM03907A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 nov 2010
Accepted
03 mar 2011
First published
31 mar 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 6595-6601

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Understanding ligand-centred photoluminescence through flexibility and bonding of anthraquinone inorganic–organic frameworks

J. D. Furman, R. P. Burwood, M. Tang, A. A. Mikhailovsky and A. K. Cheetham, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 6595 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03907A

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