Lanthanide ions are well known for their unique luminescent properties including sharp emission profiles and long lifetimes. Direct excitation of these ions is inefficient, but coordinated organic moieties may serve to sensitize lanthanide emission through a process known as the antenna effect. While this phenomenon is well understood with coordination complexes, our investigations indicate that these same considerations do not always apply to coordination polymers. Efforts toward understanding the antenna effect within coordination polymers will be presented.

Investigating sensitized luminescence in lanthanide coordination polymers

249th National Meeting (2015)

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