Europium‐Directed Self‐Assembly of a Luminescent Supramolecular Gel from a Tripodal Terpyridine‐Based Ligand

Abstract

EuIII, the last piece in the puzzle: Europium-induced self-assembly of ligands having a C3-symmetrical benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide core results in the formation of luminescent gels. Supramolecular polymers are formed through hydrogen bonding between the ligands. The polymers are then brought together into the gel assembly through the coordination of terpyridine ends by EuIII ions (blue dashed arrow: distance between two ligands in the strand direction). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.