Coordination-Directed Self-Assembly of Functional Polynuclear Lanthanide Supramolecular Architectures

• Published in: Chemical reviews Vol. 122; no. 6; pp. 6374 - 6458
• Main Authors: Li, Xiao-Zhen, Tian, Chong-Bin, Sun, Qing-Fu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 23.03.2022
• Subjects: Assemblies; Catalysis; catalytic activity; Chirality; Coordination; Design optimization; Functional materials; lanthanides; Lanthanoid Series Elements - chemistry; Ligands; Luminescence; Magnetic materials; Magnetic properties; magnetism; optical isomerism; Optical properties; Principles; Self-assembly; Solubility; Supramolecular compounds; water solubility

Lanthanide supramolecular chemistry is a fast growing and intriguing research field due to the unique photophysical, magnetic, and coordination properties of lanthanide ions (LnIII). Compared with the intensively investigated mononuclear Ln-complexes, polymetallic lanthanide supramolecular assemblie...