Wiley, ChemPhysChem, 7(2), p. 452-457, 2001
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20010716)2:7<452::aid-cphc452>3.0.co;2-j
Wiley, ChemPhysChem, 7(2), p. 452-457
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20010716)2:7<452::aid-cphc452>3.3.co;2-a
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Metal supercomplexes form on compression of a film of the individual complexes mixed with a fatty acid: A suite of techniques-Langmuir film balance, and optical and scanning force microscopy-show the transformation of [Eu(tta)3 (phen)] into a thin film of strongly luminescent tetrameric supercomplexes. When the area per molecule is low, a phase-separated meshwork structure forms. The cartoon shows the surface arrangement, in which the supercomplexes sit on a layer of the single europium complexes and corralled by a fatty acid.