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NANOPOROUS MATERIALS
Nanoporous inorganic-organic hybrid materials possess advantages
of both types of chemistry. The complex inorganic oxide framework
contributes to the stability and functionality through the potential
to include metal centers, with their own particular magnetic, electronic,
and catalytic properties. The organic component, through careful
choice of its structure and the functional groups present, enables
the functionality and the overall framework architecture of the
material to be fine-tuned. Hybrid materials differ from nanoporous
inorganic materials in terms of the dimensionality of the inorganic
component, which usually extends in the latter in all the three-dimensions.
Nanoporous hybrid materials based on rare-earth elements may exhibit
interesting luminescence and magnetic properties in addition to
porosity. We have explored the synthesis of rare-earth hybrid materials
comprising of various carboxylic acids: isopthalic acid, nicotinic
acid, cis-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, etc.. We have synthesized
a large number of lanthanide based hybrid materials hydrothermally
(~180°C) and studied them with powder x-ray diffraction, single
crystals x-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry and photoluminescence.
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