title: Two novel luminescent lanthanide sulfate-carboxylates with an unusual 2-D bamboo-raft-like structure based on the linkages of left- and right-handed helical tubes involving in situ decarboxylation.
abstract: Two novel 2-D bamboo-raft-like lanthanide luminescent materials [Ln(Himc)(SO4)(H2O)] (Ln = Dy, Eu; H2imc = 4-imidazolecarboxylic acid), constructed from alternate left- and right-handed helical tubes, were synthesized and characterized; interestingly, H2imc came from the in situ decarboxylation of the 4,5-imidazoledicarboxylic acid (H3imdc) in the hydrothermal reactions.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yan-Qiong
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guo-Yu
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Yang