Abstract Up until approximately 80 years ago, only black‐body radiation (including natural sources) was available to illuminate our environment. To realise state‐of‐the‐art lamps, TV sets, monitors, and medical scanners, took an enormous scientific technical effort. Inorganic luminescent materials are key components, which were, are, will be prerequisite the functionality success of many lighting display systems. In this Highlight, a hundred inorganic material research reviewed.

Abstract Nanoparticulate functional materials offer manifold perspectives for the increasing miniaturization and complexity of technical developments. Nanoparticles also make a major contribution to utilization that is sparing natural resources. Besides these obvious aspects, however, importance nanoparticles due their fundamentally novel properties functions. These include photonic crystals efficient luminophors, single particles thin films electronic storage media switching elements,...

Largely monodisperse, crystalline nanoscale oxide particles (for example, Cu2 O, TiO2 , Nb2 O5 ) are preparatively accessible with the polyol method. The colloidal suspensions of thus obtained can be employed readily for homogeneous coating various substrates glass plates, Al2 O3 powder).

Abstract Nanoscale functional materials such as luminescent (ZnS:Ag + , Cl – ; LaPO 4 :Ce 3+ ,Tb Y 2 O 3 :Eu ), color pigments (CoAl Cr ZnCo (Ti 0.85 Ni 0.05 Nb 0.10 )O α‐Fe Cu(Fe,Cr)O TiO transparent conducting oxides (ZnO:In and catalytically active (CeO Mn V 5 ) are prepared with the polyol method. All these yielded crystalline, spherical, almost monodisperse particles, 30–200 nm in size. Characterization is carried out based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X‐ray powder diffraction...

The polyol synthesis of nanoparticles is reviewed, including metals, oxides, main-group elements and recent strategies to expand the method's limits.

Ionic liquids are credited with a number of unusual properties. These include low vapor pressure, wide liquid-phase range, weakly coordinating properties, and high thermal/chemical stability. properties certainly great interest for inorganic synthesis the creation novel compounds. On other hand, repertoire preparing compounds has always been broad, ranging from syntheses in solutions melts to solid-state reactions, crystal growth gas phase high-pressure syntheses. What new aspects can ionic...

Illuminating results: A novel microwave-assisted synthesis in ionic liquids produces highly luminescent and dispersible LaPO4:Ce,Tb nanocrystals (see picture: ethanol dispersion of the daylight (A) with UV excitation (B)). This preparation method offers possibility synthesisindependent surface conditioning nanocrystals.

The use of nanoscale SnO2 hollow spheres as a redox-active sensor is investigated. underlying are prepared via microemulsion approach and exhibit an outer diameter about 15−25 nm, highly crystalline shell with thickness 3−5 nm inner cavity 10−20 in diameter. Subsequent to materials characterization based on SEM, STEM, TEM, IR, TG, BET, XRD the applicability as-prepared porous layers operation tested. Accordingly, deposited common substrates show good response CO concentration range 50 300...

A step towards low-cost thin-film electronics is achieved, based on the microwave-assisted synthesis of In2O3:Sn (ITO) nanoparticles in ionic liquids (see figure). Ink-jet printed layers ITO plastics exhibit a high transmittance and conductivity, without need for performing any conventional thermal post-treatment. Significantly improved with higher conductivities are to be expected from high-quality printing.

A novel pentadecanuclear lanthanide hydroxy cluster [{Ln15(μ3-OH)20(PepCO2)10(DBM)10Cl}Cl4] (Ln = Eu (1), Tb (2)) featuring the first example with peptoids as supporting ligands was prepared and fully characterized. The solid-state structures of 1 2 were established via single-crystal X-ray crystallography. ESI-MS experiments revealed retention core in solution. Although OH groups are present, showed intense red fluorescence 11(1)% absolute quantum yield, whereas emission intensity yield...

The crown-ether coordination compounds ZnX2(18-crown-6), EuX2(18-crown-6) (X: Cl, Br, I), MnI2(18-crown-6), Mn3Cl6(18-crown-6)2, Mn3I6(18-crown-6)2, and Mn2I4(18-crown-6) are obtained by ionic-liquid-based synthesis. Whereas MX2(18-crown-6) (M: Zn, Eu) show conventional structural motives, exhibit unusual single MnX4 tetrahedra coordinated to the complex. Surprisingly, some outstanding photoluminescence. Thus, rare Zn2+-based luminescence is observed unexpectedly efficient for...

Pigment particles on the nanoscale, required for applications such as transparent thin films, inks, and coatings, can be prepared by polyol process. The fabrication of nanoscale major commercial pigments, e.g., CoAl2O4 (blue), Cr2O3 (dark green), α-Fe2O3 (red) (see Figure), is complicated fact that their body color strongly related to degree crystallinity. method yields crystalline colloidally stable pigments.

AlO(OH) hollow spheres are realized via a water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsion, applying the liquid-to-liquid-phase boundary of micellar system as template. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission microscopy (TEM), and dynamic light scattering analyses show presence nonagglomerated exhibiting an outer diameter about 30 nm wall thickness 5-6 nm. High-resolution TEM images highly ordered lattice fringes, indicating crystallinity sphere identifying to consist gamma-AlO(OH) (boehmite). The...

The series of anhydrous lanthanide chlorides LnCl3, Ln = Pr–Tb, and 4,4′-bipyridine (bipy) constitute isotypic MOFs the formula 2∞[Ln2Cl6(bipy)3]·2bipy. europium terbium containing compounds both exhibit luminescence referring trivalent ions, giving a red for Eu3+ green Tb3+ triggered by an efficient antenna effect linkers. Mixing different lanthanides in one MOF structure was undertaken to investigate potential this system colour tuning luminescence. Based on gadolinium compound, co-doping...

The divalent lanthanide borohydrides [Ln(BH4)2(THF)2] (Ln = Eu, Yb) have been prepared in a straightforward approach. europium compound shows blue luminescence the solid state, having quantum yield of 75%. Nonradiative deactivation C–H and B–H oscillator groups could be excluded perdeuterated complex [Eu(BD4)2(d8-THF)2], which showed 93%. monocationic species [Ln(BH4)(THF)5][BPh4] bis(phosphinimino)methanides [{(Me3SiNPPh2)2CH}Ln(BH4)(THF)2] from [Ln(BH4)2(THF)2]. They show significantly...

Abstract Nanopartikuläre Funktionsmaterialien bieten vielfältige Perspektiven für die fortschreitende Miniaturisierung und zunehmende Komplexität der technischen Entwicklung. Ebenso tragen Nanopartikel maßgeblich zum ressourcenschonenden Einsatz von Stoffen bei. Neben diesen naheliegenden Aspekten beruht Bedeutung jedoch auf ihren grundsätzlich neuartigen Eigenschaften Funktionen. Diese reichen photonischen Kristallen effizienten Leuchtstoffen, Einzelpartikeln Dünnschichten elektronische...

A Br stunt: The first three-dimensional polybromide network is found in [C4MPyr]2[Br20] (see structure of the [Br20]2− network). compound was obtained an ionic-liquid-based synthesis—and with 18:2 contains highest Br0:Br− ratio ever observed.

Abstract A series of 12 dinuclear complexes [Ln 2 Cl 6 (μ‐4,4′‐bipy)(py) ], Ln=Y, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, ( 1 – , respectively) was synthesized by an anhydrous solvothermal reaction in pyridine. The contain a 4,4′‐bipyridine bridge and exhibit coordination sphere closely related to luminescent lanthanide MOFs based on LnCl 3 4,4‐bipyridine. therefore function as molecular model system provide better understanding the luminescence mechanisms Ln‐N‐MOFs (4,4′‐bipy) ] ⋅...

The rare case of a metal-triggered broad-band yellow emitter among inorganic-organic hybrid materials was achieved by in situ codoping the novel imidazolate metal-organic framework ∞(3)[Ba(Im)2] with divalent europium. emission maximum this dense is center gap primary light-emitting diode phosphors. Up to 20% Eu2+ can be added replace Ba2+ as connectivity centers without causing observable phase segregation. High-resolution energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy showed that incorporation even...

The nanoparticulate inorganic photosensitizer β-SnWO4 is suggested for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of near-surface tumors via reiterated 5 min blue-light LED illumination. nanoparticles are obtained water-based synthesis and comprise excellent colloidal stability under physiological conditions high biocompatibility at low material complexity. Antitumor antimetastatic effects were investigated with a spontaneously metastasizing (4T1 cells) orthotopic breast cancer BALB/c mouse model. Besides...

Phosphate-based inorganic–organic hybrid nanoparticles (IOH-NPs) with the general composition [M]2+[Rfunction(O)PO3]2– (M = ZrO, Mg2O; R functional organic group) show multipurpose and multifunctional properties. If [Rfunction(O)PO3]2– is a fluorescent dye anion ([RdyeOPO3]2–), IOH-NPs blue, green, red, near-infrared fluorescence. This shown for [ZrO]2+[PUP]2–, [ZrO]2+[MFP]2–, [ZrO]2+[RRP]2–, [ZrO]2+[DUT]2– (PUP phenylumbelliferon phosphate, MFP methylfluorescein RRP resorufin DUT...