A new approach to the luminescent thin films deposition of non-volatile and non-soluble lanthanide aromatic carboxylate, based on the formation and decomposition of mixed-ligand complexes, was proposed and exemplified for terbium o-phenoxybenzoate thin film deposition.
Graphical abstract
Thin films of non-soluble lanthanide aromatic carboxylates Ln(Carb)3 can be deposited from the solution in three steps: 1. soluble mixed-ligand complex (MLC) formation, 2. MLC thin film deposition and 3. MLC thermal decomposition with formation of Ln(Carb)3 thin film.
