Polarized Optical Spectra, Transition Line Strengths, and the Electronic Energy-Level Structure of Eu(dpa)3 3- Complexes in Single Crystals of Hexagonal Na3[Yb0.95Eu0.05(dpa)3]·NaClO4·10H2O

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry Vol. 35; no. 18; pp. 5347 - 5355
• Main Authors: Hopkins, Todd A, Bolender, James P, Metcalf, David H, Richardson, F. S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 28.08.1996

Polarized optical absorption and emission measurements are used to locate and assign 52 crystal-field energy levels split out of the 4f6 electronic configuration of Eu3+ in single crystals of Na3[Yb0.95Eu0.05(dpa)3]·NaClO4·10H2O (where dpa ≡ dipicolinate dianion ≡ 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylate). In thes...