Luminescent ionic liquid formed from a melted rhenium(<scp>v</scp>) cluster
Junichi Yanagisawa, Tomoaki Hiraoka, Fumiya Kobayashi, Daisuke Saito, Masaki Yoshida, Masako Kato, Fumitaka Takeiri, Genki Kobayashi, Masaaki Ohba, Leonard F. Lindoy, Ryo Ohtani, Shinya Hayami
Abstract
Recently, non-crystalline coordination materials have been shown to represent a versatile class of functional materials. However, such materials incorporating metal complex clusters have remained largely unexplored. Herein, we demonstrate that a luminescent tetranuclear ReV cluster melts at 489 K, with the cluster structure being maintained in the corresponding supercooled ionic liquid phase.
Topics & Concepts
RheniumLuminescenceIonic liquidCluster (spacecraft)ChemistryMaterials scienceInorganic chemistryComputer scienceOrganic chemistryOptoelectronicsOperating systemCatalysisNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisIonic liquids properties and applications