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DOI： 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00494

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Crystal melting and vitrification of nitrile-based two-dimensional coordination polymer (CP) were studied. The crystal melts at 169 degrees C and has a wide liquid-state temperature window of over 110 degrees C. The crystalline state transformed to a glassy state by melt-quench or mechanical milling. The mechanically induced glass showed permanent porosity, and it also showed glass-to-crystal transformation upon solvent treatment. Surface crystallization on top of the grain-boundary-free glass monolith was demonstrated.

DOI： 10.1039/d0cc03691a

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DOI： 10.1002/anie.202008383

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© 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim There are two categories of coordination polymers (CPs): inorganic CPs (i-CPs) and organic ligand bridged CPs (o-CPs). Based on the successful crystal engineering of CPs, we here propose noncrystalline states and functionalities as a new research direction for CPs. Control over the liquid or glassy states in materials is essential to obtain specific properties and functions. Several studies suggest the feasibility of obtaining liquid/glassy states in o-CPs by design principles. The combination of metal ions and organic bridging ligands, together with the liquid/glass phase transformation, offer the possibility to transform o-CPs into ionic liquids and other ionic soft materials. Synchrotron measurements and computational approaches contribute to elucidating the structures and dynamics of the liquid/glassy states of o-CPs. This offers the opportunity to tune the porosity, conductivity, transparency, and other material properties. The unique energy landscape of liquid/glass o-CPs offers opportunities for properties and functions that are complementary to those of the crystalline state.

DOI： 10.1002/anie.201911384

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Phosphorescence Properties of Anionic Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes with Fluorine-substituted Tridentate Diphenylpyridine in the Solid State

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Phosphorescence Properties of Discrete Platinum(II) Complex Anions Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in the Solid State

DOI： 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8601654

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Two luminescent pyrazine-bridged dinuclear Cu(I) complexes, namely, [{Cu(PPh3)(2)(H2O)}(mu-MeOpyz){ Cu (PPh3)(2)(CH3CN)}] (BF4)(2) and [{Cu (PPh3)(2)(H2O)} (mu-MeOpyz){Cu(PPh3)(2)(H2O)}] (BF4)(2)(H2O-Cu(2-)AN PPh3 = triphenylphosphine, MeOpyz = 2-methoxypyrazine), were successfully synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and luminescence measurements. X-ray analysis revealed that the water molecules are coordinated to both Cu(I) ions to form almost the same P2N1O1 coordination structure in H2O-Cu-2-H2O, whereas one of the two Cu ions in H2O-Cu-2-AN was coordinated by acetonitrile instead of water to form a different P2N2 coordination environment. The asymmetric H2O-Cu-2-AN exhibits very bright yellow-green emission with a high emission quantum yield (lambda(em) = 550 nm, Phi= 0.70) at room temperature in the solid state in spite of the coordination of water molecule, which usually tends to deactivate the emissive state through O H vibration. The intense emission at room temperature is a result of thermally activated delayed fluorescence, and the remarkable temperature dependence of emission lifetimes indicates the existence of unique multiple emission states for the asymmetric dinuclear complex. In contrast, the emission of H2O-Cu-2-H2O was observed at longer wavelengths with remarkably a lower quantum yield (lambda(em) = 580 nm, Phi = 0.05). Time-dependent density functional theory calculations suggested that the emission could result from the metal-to-ligand charge-transfer transition state. However, it could be rapidly deactivated by the structural distortion around the Cu ion with a less-bulky coordination environment in H2O-Cu-2-H2O.

DOI： 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02578

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[CuCl(PPh3)(2)(4-Mepy)] (PPh3 = triphenylphosphine, 4-Mepy = 4-methylpyridine), a highly blue-luminescent mononuclear copper(I) complex, shows reversible emission colour change ranging from blue-green to red by vapour exposure to N-heteroaromatics, such as pyridine, pyrimidine, and 2-methylpyrazine. The remarkable colour changes occur due the ligand exchange reaction between the solid and gas. Such ligand exchange reactions would be applicable to various vapours with coordination ability and be useful for the sensing of such volatile organic compounds as well as a new convenient methodology for the preparation of luminescent complexes.

DOI： 10.1039/c7dt00532f

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A new luminescent cyclometalated platinum(II) complex containing a carboxyl group, trans-[Pt(pcppy)(pic)] [1-COOH; Hpcppy = 2-(p-carboxyphenyl)pyridine and Hpic = picolinic acid] has been synthesized and characterized. The luminescence behavior of 1-COOH in the solid and solution states is completely different despite the similarity of the luminescence in both states for the nonsubstituted complex, [Pt(ppy)(pic)] (1-H; Hppy = 2-phenylpyridine). Interestingly, 1-COOH exhibits concentration-dependent absorption and emission behavior based on its aggregation in a basic aqueous solution despite the absence of amphiphilic character.

DOI： 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01343

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A series of flexible porous coordination polymers (PCPs) RE-Co, composed of a Co(III)-metalloligand [Co(dcbpy)(3)](3-) (Co; H(2)dcbpy = 4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridine) and lanthanide cations (RE3+ = La3+, Ce3+, Pr3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Gd3+, Tb3+, Er3+), was systematically synthesized. X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that the six carboxylates at the top of each coordination octahedron of Co(III)-metalloligand were commonly bound to RE3+ cations to form a rock-salt-type porous coordination framework. When RE-Co contains a smaller and heavier RE3+ cation than Nd3+, the RE-Co crystallized in the cubic Fm-3m space group, whereas the other three RE-Co with larger RE3+ crystallized in the lower symmetrical orthorhombic Fddd space group, owing to the asymmetric 10-coordinated bicapped square antiprism structure of the larger RE3+ cation. Powder X-ray diffraction and vapor-adsorption isotherm measurements revealed that all synthesized RE-Co PCPs show reversible amorphous-crystalline transitions, triggered by water-vapor-adsorption/desorption. This transition behavior strongly depends on the kind of RE3+; the transition of orthorhombic RE-Co was hardly observed under exposure to CH3OH vapor, but the RE-Co with smaller cations such as Gd3+ showed the transition under exposure to CH3OH vapors. Further tuning of vapor-adsorption property was examined by doping of Ru(II)-metalloligands, [Ru(dcbpy)(3)](4-), [Ru(dcbpy)(2)Cl-2](4-), [Ru(dcbpy)(tpy)Cl](-), and [Ru(dcbpy)(dctpy)](3-) (abbreviated as RuA, RuB, RuC, and RuD, respectively; tpy = 2,2':6',2?-terpyridine, H2dctpy = 4,4"-dicarboxy-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine), into the Co(III)-metalloligand site of Gd-Co to form the Ru(II)-doped PCP RuX@Gd-Co (X = A, B, C, or D). Three Ru(II)-metalloligands, RuA, RuB, and RuD dopants, were found to be uniformly incorporated into the Gd-Co framework by replacing the original Co(III)-metalloligand, whereas the doping of RuC failed probably because of the less number of coordination sites. In addition, we found that the RuA doping into the Gd-Co PCP had a large effect on vapor-adsorption due to the electrostatic interaction originating from the negatively charged RuA sites in the framework and the charge-compensating Li+ cations in the porous channel.

DOI： 10.1021/ic5021302

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The introduction of a Au(iii) ion into a mesogenic core, [M(Bdt)(Cnbpy)]+ (Bdt = 1,2-benzenedithiolato and Cnbpy = 4,4′-di-alkyl-2,2′-bipyridine (n = 13 (4,4′-di-tridecyl-2, 2′-bipyridine (C13bpy)) and 8,10 (4,4′-di-(3-octyltridecyl)-2, 2′-bipyridine (C8,10bpy)))), leads to the formation of ionic molecular assemblies in crystalline and mesophases. Successive syntheses of precursor complexes, [AuCl2(Cnbpy)]PF6 (n = 13 (1) and 8,10 (2)), followed by the target complexes, [Au(Bdt)(Cnbpy)]PF6 (n = 13 (3) and 8,10 (4)), were achieved. The crystallographic analysis of 3 revealed that the central cationic cores form a characteristic one-dimensional columnar structure, which is an essential property for the formation of columnar structures in the liquid crystalline phase. The central cores of the [Au(Bdt)(C13bpy)]+ cations in 3 stack alternatively so as to cancel out their dipole moments and the counteranions lie between the cationic columns. Furthermore, the introduction of the branched alkyl tails in 4 induces the formation of a rectangular columnar liquid crystalline phase (Colr) with C2/m symmetry, and it melts to an isotropic liquid at 69 °C. The Colr phase of 4 is partially similar in its liquid crystalline structure to the neutral [Pt(Bdt)(C8,10bpy)] liquid crystal in a hexagonal columnar phase reported previously, while complex 4 shows a lower clearing point than that of the Pt analogue. Based on these results, the present study demonstrates the designability of the liquid crystalline structures of the [M(Bdt)(C8,10bpy)] skeleton together with their assembled structures and physico-chemical properties. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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