@article{a8decb3bef9e41b99408aa47f09d66b5,
title = "Covalently-bonded grafting of [Ln3(Benzimidazole)4]-arrayed (Ln = Tb, Nd, Yb or Er) complex monomers into PNBE (poly(norbornene)) with highly luminous color-purity green-light or efficient NIR luminescence",
abstract = "Within series of Ln3-grafted polymers Poly({[Ln3(L)4(NO3)6]·(NO3)·(H3O)2}-co-NBE) (Ln = La, 1; Ln = Eu, 2; Ln = Tb, 3; Ln = Nd, 4; Ln = Yb, 5; Ln = Er, 6 or Ln = Gd, 7) obtained from ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene (NBE) with each of allyl-functionalized complex monomers {[Ln3(L)4(NO3)6]·(NO3)·(H3O)2} (HL = 4-allyl-2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-6-methoxyphenol), PNBE-assisted effective energy transfer renders Poly(3-co-NBE) Tb3+-centered highly luminous color-purity green-light with an attractive quantum yield of 87% and efficient near-infrared (NIR) luminescence (ΦNdL = 0.61%; ΦYbL = 1.47% and ΦErL = 0.03%) for Nd3+-, Yb3+- or Er3+-grafted polymers.",
keywords = "Allyl-containing [Ln(Benzimidazole)-arrayed complex monomer, Green-light or NIR luminescence, PNBE matrix, ROMP",
author = "Lin Liu and Guorui Fu and Heini Feng and Jiaqing Guan and Fengping Li and Xingqiang L{\"u} and WONG, {Rick W K} and Jones, {Richard A.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation (21373160, 91222201, 21173165), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University from the Ministry of Education of China (NCET-10-0936), the research fund for the Doctoral Program (20116101110003) of Higher Education, the Science and Technology and Innovation Project (2012KTCQ01-37) of Shaanxi Province, Graduate Innovation and Creativity Fund (YZZ15036) of Northwest University in P. R. of China and the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant F-816).",
year = "2017",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.optmat.2017.04.035",
language = "English",
volume = "69",
pages = "158--163",
journal = "Optical Materials",
issn = "0925-3467",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
}