Self-assembly lanthanides mononuclear complexes

Lanthanides in Living Systems Lanthanides Coordination Chemistry Lanthanides Luminescence Applications Lmninescence Lanthanides Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lanthanide Oxide/Hydroxide Complexes Carboxylate Lanthanide Complexes with Multidentate Ligands Rare Earth Metal Cluster Complexes Supramolecular Chemistry from Sensors and Imaging Agents to Functional Mononuclear and Polynuclear Self-Assembly Lanthanide Complexes. 

Supramolecular Chemistry from Sensors and Imaging Agents to Functional Mononuclear and Polynuclear Self-Assembly Lanthanide Complexes... 

FIGURE 90 Proposed mechanism for the self-assembly of a tetranuclear lanthanide-hydroxo complex with EDTA from its corresponding mononuclear aqua complex (redrawn after Zheng, 2001). 

In the first part of this chapter, we have tried to demonstrate that the lanthanide ions can give rise to the formation of a variety of mononuclear supramolecular systems that can be employed for sensing and imaging, and in the formation of novel self-assembly structures that can be further exploited for use in materials-based systems. The next part of this chapter demonstrates that such supramolecular structures can be expanded to polynuclear lanthanide complexes and self-assemblies. 

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