title: Instantaneous gelation of a new copper(II) metallogel amenable to encapsulation of a luminescent lanthanide cluster.
abstract: Combining copper(II) chloride, 4-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine and triethylamine in dimethylformamide (DMF) results in the instantaneous formation of a metallogel with as little as 0.51 wt% of gelator. The metallogel was found to encapsulate a luminescent lanthanide cluster, yielding a luminescent metallogel.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: Stuart R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Batten