A cryogenic luminescent ratiometric thermometer based on a lanthanide phosphonate dimer

abstract

The first example of a ratiometric Eu/Tb thermometer based on a lanthanide phosphonate is reported, which presents a temperature dependent emission under 393 nm excitation that enables its use as a molecular thermometer with a maximum relative sensitivity of 3.9% K-1 and a minimum temperature uncertainty of 0.15 K, both at 38 K. Additionally, the compound is a competitive luminescent colorimetric probe showing temperature dependent (x, y) CIE color coordinates changing from yellow, (0.48, 0.48) at 18 K, to red, (0.64, 0.37) at 300 K.

keywords

ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS; TEMPERATURE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSCALE; NANOTHERMOMETERS; COORDINATION; FLUORESCENCE; RANGE

subject category

Materials Science; Physics

authors

Ren, M; Brites, CDS; Bao, SS; Ferreira, RAS; Zheng, LM; Carlos, LD

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acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2013CB922100), the Graduate Innovation Fund of Jiangsu Province of China (0205Y511) and the project CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (FCT UID/CTM/50011/2013), financed by Portuguese funds through FCT/MEC and when applicable co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. CDSB (SFRH/BPD/89003/2012) thanks FCT, Portugal, for a post-doctoral grant.

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