Self-Assembly of Heterobimetallic d−f Hybrid Complexes: Sensitization of Lanthanide Luminescence by d-Block Metal-to-Ligand Charge-Transfer Excited States

Carboxylate-bearing d-transition metal bipyridyls form ternary complexes with seven-coordinate lanthanide centers. The neodymium,- ytterbium-, and erbium-containing complexes exhibit lanthanide-centered emissions sensitized by the MLCT states of the d-block components.