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Solution-state cooperative luminescence upconversion in molecular ytterbium dimers

Solution-state cooperative luminescence upconversion in molecular ytterbium dimers
Solution-state cooperative luminescence upconversion in molecular ytterbium dimers
Two homometallic ytterbium dimers are prepared and their solution-state photoluminescence and upconversion properties are investigated. Both complexes exhibit two-photon cooperative luminescence upconversion in the visible region (λem ≈ 510 nm) upon excitation into the near-infrared Yb 2F5/2 ← 2F7/2 absorption band at 980 nm. This miniaturization of the cooperative luminescence phenomenon down to just two Yb ions unequivocally proves the mechanistic origins of this process. Time-resolved measurements and excited-state modeling indicate the presence of a slow recombination of two singly excited ions Yb*Yb* into a virtual excited state, which ultimately gives rise to the observed emission at ≈510 nm.
cooperative luminescence, lanthanides, photoluminescence, upconversion
2195-1071
Soro, Lohona K.
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Soro, Lohona K., Knighton, Richard C., Avecilla, Fernando, Thor, Waygen, Przybilla, Frédéric, Jeannin, Olivier, Esteban-Gomez, David, Platas-Iglesias, Carlos and Charbonnière, Loïc J. (2023) Solution-state cooperative luminescence upconversion in molecular ytterbium dimers. Advanced Optical Materials, 11 (11), [2202307]. (doi:10.1002/adom.202202307).

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Two homometallic ytterbium dimers are prepared and their solution-state photoluminescence and upconversion properties are investigated. Both complexes exhibit two-photon cooperative luminescence upconversion in the visible region (λem ≈ 510 nm) upon excitation into the near-infrared Yb 2F5/2 ← 2F7/2 absorption band at 980 nm. This miniaturization of the cooperative luminescence phenomenon down to just two Yb ions unequivocally proves the mechanistic origins of this process. Time-resolved measurements and excited-state modeling indicate the presence of a slow recombination of two singly excited ions Yb*Yb* into a virtual excited state, which ultimately gives rise to the observed emission at ≈510 nm.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 22 December 2022
Published date: 5 June 2023
Additional Information: Funding Information: Financial support is gratefully acknowledged (L.J.C. and R.C.K.) from the French Ministère de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche, the French Canada Research Fund (L.K.S.), Frontier Research in Chemistry Foundation (LabEx CSC, ANR‐10‐LABX‐0026_CSC), and the French National research agency (LAPIN project no. ANR‐20‐CE09‐0021‐02; LUCAS project no. ANR‐19‐CE29‐0014‐01). C.P.‐I. thanks the Centro de Computación de Galicia (CESGA) for providing the computer facilities and the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Grant PID2019‐104626GB‐I00). Benjamin Beaufils is thanked for the synthesis of 2,2′‐bipyrimidine.
Keywords: cooperative luminescence, lanthanides, photoluminescence, upconversion

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Local EPrints ID: 482251
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/482251
ISSN: 2195-1071
PURE UUID: dccb19a9-e848-4a31-b5d2-659b8b375371
ORCID for Richard C. Knighton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0336-3718

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Date deposited: 22 Sep 2023 16:33
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Author: Lohona K. Soro
Author: Richard C. Knighton ORCID iD
Author: Fernando Avecilla
Author: Waygen Thor
Author: Frédéric Przybilla
Author: Olivier Jeannin
Author: David Esteban-Gomez
Author: Carlos Platas-Iglesias
Author: Loïc J. Charbonnière

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