Abstract
A novel erbium(III) complex with acetylacetone (Hacac) and bathophenanthroline (4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, bath) ligands, formulated as [Er(acac)3(bath)], has been characterized by elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, absorption and emission spectroscopies. In the theoretical part of this study, semi-empirical quantum chemistry methods using AM1, PM3, PM6 and PM7 models have been employed to predict the structure of the complex, calculate the geometric and crystallographic parameters, and make comparisons with spectroscopic data using INDO/S-CI calculations. Real-time time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) has also been used to calculate the optical absorption spectrum of the complex in the gas phase.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 41-49 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Luminescence |
Volume | 162 |
Early online date | 21 Feb 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Dr. M. Salvalaggio (Instituto EniDonegani) and Prof. Carlos Zaldo (ICMM) for their help with the ex-
citation spectrum and the lifetime measurements, respectively. P.
Martín-Ramos and P. S. Pereira da Silva acknowledge Grants for Re-
search on Energy and the Environment 2013 and FCT (Scholarship
SFRH/BPD/84173/2012), respectively, for their financial support.
CEMDRX group is grateful to Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
(FCT) for providing funds under Grant PEst-C/FIS/UI0036/2011. UVa
group acknowledges financial support of Junta de Castilla y León
through Project VA300A12-1.
Keywords
- β-diketonate
- Erbium(III)
- MOPAC
- Sparkle
- TDDFT