title: Rare-earth cation effects on three-dimensional metal-organic rotaxane framework (MORF) self assembly.
abstract: A set of metal-organic rotaxane frameworks (MORFs) are constructed with the use of a tetraimidazolium macrocycle, the terephthalate dianion, and the trivalent lanthanide metal cations Nd(III), Sm(III), Eu(III) or Tb(III) and are reported herein. The specific choice of the metal cation allows for control of the structure and luminescent properties of the resulting molecular frameworks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 1 University Station A5300, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-0165, USA.
authors.forename: Han-Yuan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Brett M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Rambo
authors.forename: Cory A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Vincent M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Xiaoyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jonathan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sessler
mesh_terms: D002412:Cations / Q000737:chemistry; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D043862:Rotaxanes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D043862:Rotaxanes