title: Luminescence of LnIII dithiocarbamate complexes (Ln = La, Pr, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy).
abstract: We have discovered room temperature photoluminescence in Sm3+ and Pr3+ dithiocarbamate complexes. Surprisingly, these complexes exhibit more intense emission than those of the Eu3+, Tb3+, and Dy3+ analogues. The electronic absorption, excitation, and emission spectra are reported for the complexes [Ln(S2CNR2)3L] and NH2Et2[Ln(S2CNEt2)4], where Ln = Sm, Pr; R = ethyl, ibutyl, benzyl; and L = 1,10-phenanthroline, 2,2'-bipyridine, and 5-chloro-1,10-phenanthroline. The lowest ligand-localized triplet energy level (T1) of the complexes are determined from the phosphorescence spectra of analogous La3+ and Gd3+ chelates. The luminescence decay curves were measured to determine the excited-state lifetimes for the Pr3+ and Sm3+ complexes. X-ray crystal structures of Sm(S2CNiBu2)3phen, Pr(S2CNEt2)3phen, and Pr(S2CNiBu2)3phen are also reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 20057, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Regulacio
authors.forename: Michele H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Pablico
authors.forename: Joan Acay
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vasquez
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gentry
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prushan
authors.forename: Suk-Wah
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Tam-Chang
authors.forename: Sarah L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stoll