Synthesis and photophysical investigation of novel supramolecular lanthanide luminescent architectures

Abstract

This thesis is entitled "Synthesis and photophysical investigations of novel supramolecular architectures" and is composed of five chapters. In the first chapter the photopysical and chemical properties of the lanthanide ions was described and this was followed by a discussion on the potential different methods in order to build highy geometric lanthanide complexes, using various approaches such as the use of macrocyclic ligands, podand and lanthanide directed formation of self-assemblies, which as been most particularly described.