title: A flexible tripodal ligand linking octametallic terbium rings into luminescent polymeric chains.
abstract: Six bidentate building blocks have been used to form a tripodal ligand with a flexible C3 symmetric spacer to direct the assembly of large octametallic clusters covalently linked to form a 1-D highly luminescent terbium tube-like polymer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Reconnaissance Ionique et Chimie de Coordination, Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR-E 3 CEA-UJF, CEA/DSM/INAC, CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble, Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchal
authors.forename: Yaroslav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Filinchuk
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Imbert
authors.forename: Marinella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazzanti