%0 Journal Article %A Li, Xinfa %A Liu, Tianfu %A Lin, Qipu %A Cao, Rong %D 2010 %T Rare Earth Metal Oxalatophosphonates: Syntheses, Structure Diversity, and Photoluminescence Properties %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Rare_Earth_Metal_Oxalatophosphonates_Syntheses_Structure_Diversity_and_Photoluminescence_Properties/2794984 %R 10.1021/cg900995u.s001 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/4489354 %K thermogravimetric analysis %K oxalate anion %K pH value %K Gd %K Photoluminescence PropertiesHydrothermal reactions %K Rare Earth Metal Oxalatophosphonates %K photoluminescence properties %K EA %K earth oxalatophosphonates %K H 2pmp %K Eu %K reaction conditions %K Tb compounds display %K type %K PXRD %K compounds 2 %K reaction temperature %K luminescence emissions %K Ln %K earth metal ions %K Structure Diversity %K millisecond order %K TGA %K III %K IR %K II %K room temperature %X Hydrothermal reactions of N-piperidinomethane-1-phosphonic acid (H2pmp) and oxalate anion with trivalent rare earth metal ions yielded 13 rare earth oxalatophosphonates with three closely related structural types, ranging from two-dimensional (2D) networks to three-dimensional (3D) frameworks. They are formulated as [Ln3(Hpmp)3(C2O4)2(H2O)5](ClO4)2·9H2O [Ln = Gd (1), Eu (2), Tb(3), type I structure], [Ln2(Hpmp)(C2O4)2.5(H2O)3]·H2O [Ln = Gd (5), Sm (6), Eu (7), Tb (8), Dy (9), Ho (10), Er (11), Yb (12), Y (13), type II structure], and [Gd3(Hpmp)(C2O4)4(H2O)6]·5H2O [(4), type III structure]. Their structures were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, elemental analysis (EA), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), except that the structures of compounds 2 and 3 were confirmed by PXRD, IR, and EA. The effects of reaction conditions including pH value, reaction temperature, counterion, and stoichiometry of the starting materials on the structures have been discussed. Furthermore, the solid-state photoluminescence properties of the Eu (2 and 7) and Tb (3 and 8) compounds have been measured at room temperature. The two types of Eu and Tb compounds display intense red and green luminescence emissions, respectively, with lifetimes at the millisecond order. %I ACS Publications