Features of spectral properties of Sm(3+) complexes with dithia- and diselenophosphinate ligands.

The samarium complexes Sm(S2PPh2)3(THF)2 (1) and Sm(Se2PPh2)3(THF)2 (2) with soft-donor dithia- and diselenophosphinate ligands were synthesized and their photophysical properties were studied in detail. Both complexes displayed the metal-centered photoluminescence (PL) in visible and NIR regions corresponding to (4)G5/2→(6)HJ (J=5/2, 7/2, 9/2, 11/2, 13/2, 15/2), (6)FJ (J=1/2, 3/2, 5/2, 7/2, 9/2, 11/2) f-f transitions of Sm(3+). Luminescence decay curves exhibit an initial short build-up region and can be described by double or triple exponential function owing to multiphonon relaxation from the (4)F3/2 energy level to the (4)G5/2 one and reversible energy transfer from the Sm(3+) excited states to the triplet ((3)T1) state of phosphinate ligand. A Judd-Ofelt analysis was performed to estimate PL quantum efficiency (QE), branching ratios (ß) and induced-emission cross section (σem) of the compounds obtained. It was found that the Judd-Ofelt parameter Ω2 of 1 is significantly greater than that of 2. This feature is responsible for large values of ß (50.98%) and σem (4.29×10(-21)cm(2)) which suggest 1 as a good candidate for the development of samarium doped polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) laser medium acting on the (4)G5/2→(6)H9/2 transition at 645nm. The estimated room-temperature PL QE of 1 and 2 equals to 1.9 and 0.17%, respectively.

Ln3I5(S2N2)(S2)(THF)10 - a new type of molecular compounds.

Unprecedented complexes of the composition Ln3I5(S2N2)(S2)(THF)10 were obtained in the reactions of neodymium and dysprosium iodide-nitrides with sulfur. The inorganic core of the molecules contains the cyclic fragments Ln(µ-S2)Ln, LnSNSN and LnSN. Ten of the fourteen atoms of the core are coplanar, the remaining four S2 and I2 atoms lie in the other two orthogonal planes. The dysprosium complex upon excitation with UV light exhibits the metal-centered luminescence characteristic of the Dy(3+) ion. Geometric parameters of the molecules, computational data, electron spectroscopy and fluorescence suggest the existence of some conjugation in the mentioned heterocycles.

Synthesis, structure and luminescent properties of lanthanide fluoroalkoxides.

Alkoxides [Ln(OR)3(DME)]2 (R = CH(CF3)2, Ln = Sm (1), Yb (2)), [Ce(OR)3(Phen)]2 (3) (Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), [Ce(OR')3(DME)2]2 (R' = C(CF3)3) (4), {Gd(OR')3(DME)2} (5), {Ln2[O(CF3)2C­C(CF3)2O]3} (Ln = Ce (6), Gd (7)), {Ce2[O(CF3)2C­C(CF3)2O]3(Phen)2} (8), and {Ce[O(CF3)2C­C(CF3)2O][O(CF3)2­C(CF3)2OH](Phen)2} (9) were synthesized by the reactions of silylamides Ln[N(SiMe3)2]3 with respective fluorinated alcohols. The heterovalent trinuclear complex {Sm2(µ2-OR)3(µ3-OR)2Sm(OR)2(THF)2.5(Et2O)0.5} (10) was obtained by treatment of SmI2(THF)2 with ROK. The reaction of europium(II) and yttrium(III) silylamides with ROH afforded the heterobimetallic alkoxide {Eu2(µ2-OR)3(µ3-OR)2Y(OR)2(DME)2} (11) containing divalent europium. The molecular structures of 1, 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11 were determined by X-ray analysis. All the prepared cerium derivatives as well as the europium­yttrium isopropoxide upon UV excitation exhibited photoluminescence in the regions of 370­425 (for Ce3+) and 485 nm (for Eu2+) which was assigned to 4d→5f transitions.

Cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes containing NHC ligands: synthesis, characterization, photophysics and their application as emitters in OLEDs.

A series of square planar [Pt(N^C)(NHC)L] complexes containing cyclometallated N^C ligands (phenylpyridine and benzoquinoline) and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)--N^C = 2-phenylpyridine, 7,8-benzoquinoline; NHC = 1,3-dibenzylbenzimidazolium, 1,3-diethylbenzimidazolium, 1,3-dibenzylimidazolium; L = Cl, Br, -C2Ph--have been synthesized in moderate to good yields. The complexes obtained were characterized using chemical analysis, MS-ESI spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The complexes display moderate to strong phosphorescence in solution (Q.Y. 0.3-7.9%) and in the solid state (Q.Y. 2.7-16.0%), which is related to metal modulated intraligand π-π* transitions located at the aromatic system of cyclometallated ligands with some contribution of the MLCT excited state. Emission lifetimes fall in the range of 0.2-1.5 µs in solution and amount up to 13 µs in the solid state. Analysis of the spectroscopic data together with the density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations clearly support this assignment and show negligible contribution of the auxiliary ligands to the emissive excited states. The compounds obtained were also used to prepare organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, which display good luminance efficiency emitting in the green area of the visible spectrum.