Homo- and Heterometallic Coordination Polymers from the f Elements

Authors

Christopher L. Cahill, George Washington University; Carnegie Institution of Washington
Daniel T. de Lill, George Washington UniversityFollow
Mark Frisch, George Washington University

ORCID

0000-0003-0891-7246

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

CrystEngComm

ISSN

1466-8033

Publication Date

1-2007

Abstract

Lanthanide and actinide based coordination polymers and metal–organic framework materials present a number of interesting opportunities with respect to their syntheses and properties. Ln elements typically display large coordination numbers and roughly spherical bonding environments whereas An elements (specifically U(VI)) tend to form triatomic species with terminal oxo groups. As such, these features may be perceived by some as obstacles to the development of designed architectures of f-metal containing hybrid materials. We argue that these features, when coupled to the luminescent behavior of these elements actually give rise to a diverse family of compounds with a range of interesting topologies. Presented herein is an overview of the structural features and luminescent behavior of these materials, as well as some synthetic strategies toward producing both homo- and heterometallic compounds.

DOI

10.1039/B615696G

Volume

9

Issue

1

First Page

15

Last Page

26

Comments

©The Royal Society of Chemistry 2007

Additional Comments

NSF grant #s: DMR-0348982, DMR-0419754; US Department of Energy grant #: DE-FG02-05ER15736

NSUWorks Citation

Cahill, C. L., de Lill, D. T., & Frisch, M. (2007). Homo- and Heterometallic Coordination Polymers from the f Elements. CrystEngComm, 9, (1), 15 - 26. https://doi.org/10.1039/B615696G. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_chemphys_facarticles/229