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Luminescent (metallo-supramolecular) cross-linked lanthanide hydrogels from a btp (2,3-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)picolinamide) monomer give rise to strong Tb(iii) and Eu(iii) centred emissions

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Authors

Hegarty, IN 
Bradberry, SJ 
Lovitt, JI 
Delente, JM 
Willis-Fox, N 

Abstract

jats:pThe synthesis and study of the lanthanide luminescent 2,3-bis(1,2,3- triazol-4-yl)picolinamide (btp) based hydrogels F1 and F2 is described where Tb(jats:sciii</jats:sc>) or Eu(jats:sciii</jats:sc>) are also used to crosslink the btp units within the polymers.</jats:p>

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Acknowledgements: We thank the School of Chemistry TCD, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI PI Awards 10/IN.1/B2999 and 13/IA/1865 to TG). TG would also like to thank the SFI funded AMBER Centre for financial support (SFI 12/RC/2278_P2). EPSRC EP/S009000/1 is acknowledged for support of Dr Niamh Willis-Fox.

Keywords

3402 Inorganic Chemistry, 3403 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, 40 Engineering, 34 Chemical Sciences

Journal Title

Materials Chemistry Frontiers

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Journal ISSN

2052-1537
2052-1537

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Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S009000/1)