title: Excimer formation in the interlayer region of arene-derivatized zirconium phosphonates.
abstract: Photophysical investigations are reported for two arene-derivatized zirconium phosphonates (layered solids). The chromophore groups that are attached within the interlayer region of these materials are seen to form excimer pairs. Whereas the naphthalene-containing system exhibits both monomer and excimer fluorescence, the potentially greater overlap of chromophores for the system containing anthracene-pendant groups causes that compound to only show excimer fluorescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
authors.forename: Jay C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Amicangelo
authors.forename: Willem R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Leenstra