Luminescent europium(<scp>iii</scp>) and terbium(<scp>iii</scp>) complexes of β-diketonate and substituted terpyridine ligands: synthesis, crystal structures and elucidation of energy transfer pathways

Abstract

A series of coordinatively saturated Ln^III complexes: [Ln(R-TPY)(TTA)₃] (<bold>1–6</bold>) were designed and structurally characterized and plausible energy transfer (ET) pathways determined using a theoretical method.