Abstract

Abstract A novel thulium p-hydroxybenzenesulfonate complex [Tm(C6H5O4S)2(H2O)6](C6H5O4S)·3H2O (1) was solvothermally synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, photoluminescence, solid-state UV/vis diffuse reflectance, magnetic measurements and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 features an ionic structure with the thulium ion possessing a square antiprismatic geometry. Complex 1 crystallized in the monoclinic system with space group P21. Photoluminescent measurements with solid-state sample demonstrate that the anti-Stokes emission bands in the red/NIR spectral region 710 and 812 nm are observed from the Tm3+ 4f intrashell transitions from the 3F2,3 excited states to the 3H6 and 1G4 excited state to the 3H5 state, respectively. Solid-state UV/vis diffuse reflectance spectra of complex 1 show the existence of a wide optical band gap of 3.56 eV. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility and field dependence magnetization measurements are also studied and the magnetic susceptibility obeys the Curie-Weiss law (χ m =c/(T−θ)) with the value C being of 8.6 K and a negative Weiss constant θ being of −0.2 K.

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