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CRYSTENGCOMM
Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages 3515-3520Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2ce25075f
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91122001, 21021062]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2007CB925103, 2010CB923303]
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Well-dispersed hierarchical straw-sheaf-like architectures of [Gd(1,4-BDC)(1.5)(H2O)(2)] (BDC2- = benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate) have been successfully synthesized via an ultrasonic-assisted solution-phase method in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP, 30 K). The as-obtained products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Systematic investigations have been performed on the factors influencing the morphology of [Gd(1,4-BDC)(1.5)(H2O)(2)] nanostructures, such as the concentration of Na2BDC and Gd(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O, the ultrasonic time and power, as well as the amount of PVP. A possible mechanism responsible for the formation of hierarchical architectures was proposed. The as-obtained Eu3+- and Tb3+-doped [Gd(1,4-BDC)(1.5)(H2O)(2)] products show strong characteristic red and green emissions under ultraviolet excitation. Furthermore, the straw-sheaf shaped Gd2O3 can be obtained via a thermal decomposition method using the Gd-1,4-BDC complex as a precursor.
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