Preparation of luminescent lanthanide polymers by ring-opening metathesis polymerization

Abstract

Polymeric lanthanide complexes have been synthesized through ring-opening metathesis polymerization of monomeric lanthanide complexes of pyridine dicarboxylates that contain a norbornene group. The lanthanide monomer complexes, Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes, have three norbomene groups that allow three-dimensional polymeric networking, and the corresponding polymers of Eu(III), Tb(III), and their equimolar complexes are highly luminescent with intense emission bands in the characteristic visible region. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.