Low-vibrational luminescent polymers including tris(bis-perfluoromethane and ethanesulfonylaminate)neodymium(III) with 8 coordinated DMSO-d6

Novel Nd(III) complexes, tris(bis-perfluoromethane and ethanesulfonylaminato)neodymium(III)octa(deuterated dimethylsulfoxide) were designed and synthesized to apply to luminescent materials in plastic optical fiber. The IR and the near-IR spectra analyses has been done to estimate the radiationless transition via vibrational excitation of the Nd(III) complexes. [Nd(pms)3(DMSO-d6)8] and [Nd(pes)3(DMSO-d6)8] in polyhexafluoroisopropylmethacrylate gave a emission quantum yield of 1.3% and 1.6%, which was the largest in luminescent Nd(III) polymers. A research field for telecommunication network using 1.3 μm light would be achieved by luminescent Nd(III) materials encapsulated low-vibrational coordination sites.