title: Rational design and construction of the first tetrahedral net with photoluminescent Cu4I4 cubane cluster as the tetrahedral node.
abstract: Solvothermal reaction of CuI with flexible 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane generated the first three-dimensional coordination polymer constructed with the rigid tetrahedrally connected Cu4I4 cluster unit. The net is a rare chiral triple-interpenetrated, quartz net with of vertex symbol 6(4).8(2). The solid-state luminescence spectrum displays a strong red emission band at room temperature (lambdamax= 601 nm), characteristic of the Cu4I4 cluster centers.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ming-Liang
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tong