Supporting Information

Highly Luminescent and Thermally Stable Lanthanide

Coordination Polymers Designed from 4-(Di(pyridin-2yl)amino)benzoate: Efficient Energy Transfer from Tb3+ to Eu3+
in Mixed Lanthanide Coordination Compound
A. R. Ramya, Debajit Sharma, Srinivasan Natarajan, and M. L. P. Reddy *

Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science
& Technology (NIIST), CSIR, Thiruvananthapuram-695 019, India
E-mail: mlpreddy55@gmail.com

Framework Solids Laboratory, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore - 560012, India

*mlpreddy55@gmail.com

Figure S1. 1H and 13C NMR spectra for the ligand HL.

Complex 1

Complex 2

Complex 3

Complex 4

Figure S2. FAB-Mass spectra for the complexes 1-4.

Figure S3. EDS spectrum of [Eu0.5Tb0.5(L)3(H2O)2] (4)

Figure S4. Powder XRD patterns for complexes 1-4.

Complex 1

Complex 2

Complex 4
Figure S5. Thermogravimetric plots for complexes 1, 2 and 4.

Figure S6. Phosphorescence spectrum of gadolinium complex 3 at 77 K.

Figure S7. Luminescence decay profiles (298K) for complexes 1 and 2 excited at 355 nm and
monitored at 612 nm and 545 nm, respectively.

Figure S8. Low temperature (77K) luminescence decay profile of complex 1 excited at 355
nm and monitored at approximately 612 nm.

Figure S9. Low temperature (77K) luminescence decay profile of complex 2 excited at 355
nm and monitored at approximately 545 nm.

Figure S10. 5D0 and 5D4 decay profiles (298K) for complex 4 excited at 355 nm and emission
monitored around 612 nm for 5D0 and 545 nm for 5D4.

Table S1. Infra-red vibrational frequencies for the carboxylate functionalities of the ligand
and complexes 1-4.

as(C=O) cm-1
HL

1699

s(C=O) cm-1

(C=O) cm-1

1434

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1643,1594

1426,1400

217, 194

1643,1594

1424,1404

219, 190

1643,1594

1428,1402

215, 192

1646,1595

1428,1405

218, 190

Table S2. EDS Analysis Results for the complex {[Eu0.5Tb0.5(L) 3(H2O) 2]}(4)

Complex

Element

Wt %

{[Eu1/2Tb1/2(L)3(H2O)2]}n(4)

Eu

50.7

Tb

49.3

Eu/Tb
(EDS)

Eu/Tb
(cacld)

1.02