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The first complex picosecond filament, namely a filament of terbium(iii) p-hydroxybenzoate, is observed. The filament is the only example of Ln(iii) ion two-photon absorption in a complex. A transparent, colorless and mechanically robust thin film, as well as a supramolecular gel, of this complex are prepared in a facile manner and exhibit strong luminescence. The thin film is characterized in detail by XRD, SEM, UV-vis, luminescence spectroscopy and lifetime.
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Zhu, YM., Xie, MY., Zhang, R. et al. A versatile Tb(iii) complex for picosecond filamentation, a transparent thin film and a supramolecular gel. Photochem Photobiol Sci 10, 1760–1765 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1039/c1pp05234a
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