Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Properties of Endohedral Mono- and Dithulium Metallofullerenes.
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Abstract
The optical properties of endohedral metallofullerene molecules can be tuned by changing the fullerene size as well as the number of metal atoms inside the fullerene cages. In this work we have synthesized and isolated a series of mono- and dithulium metallofullerenes, including Tm@C82 (isomers I, II, III, IV), Tm@C88 (I-IV), Tm2@C82 (I-III), and (Tm2C2)@C82 (I-III). Near-infrared photoluminescence is observed from the thulium metallofullerenes. By changing the number of Tm ion in the fullerene cage, we have found that one can vary and tune the photoluminescence from 1200 to 1300-2000 nm observed for Tm(2+) (4f(13)) in Tm@C88 and Tm(3+) (4f(12)) in (Tm2C2)@C82, respectively. The photoluminescence intensity depends sensitively on the fullerene cages. (Tm2C2)@C82 (III) exhibits the highest photoluminescence intensity among the three structural isomers because of its large HOMO-LUMO energy gap.