Carlos Felipe Hernandez-Fuentes

Dr. Carlos Felipe Hernandez-Fuentes


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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29 November 2025 in Crystals
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CHCarlos Felipe Hernandez-Fuentes
Carlos Felipe Hernandez-Fuentes
Angel De Jesús Morales-RamírezAngel De Jesús Morales-Ramírez
Angel De Jesús Morales-Ramírez
LCLuis Sergio Cuevas-Cadena
Luis Sergio Cuevas-Cadena
María Luz Carrera JotaMaría Luz Carrera Jota
María Luz Carrera Jota
CFCiro Falcony-Guajardo
Ciro Falcony-Guajardo
JCJuan Alberto Alberto Alcántara Cárdenas
Juan Alberto Alberto Alcántara Cárdenas
This study presents the synthesis, crystal structure determination and luminescence properties of three novel mononuclear europium (III) complexes constructed from sodium benzoate and the three different isomers of biphenylcarboxylic acid (2-, 3-, and 4-). All complexes share a common structural core; consisting of a single europium (III) ion coordinated by three bidentate benzoate ligands and two monodentate biphenylcarboxylate ligands. The synthesis followed a two-step strategy: first, a benzoate-based precursor complex was prepared by displacing the chloride and water molecules from europium (III) chloride hexahydrate with sodium benzoate by chelating process. The remaining water ligands were substituted with each biphenylcarboxylic acid isomer yielding solvent-free luminescent complexes. The structural characterization involved thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to confirm the complete elimination of water molecules. The crystal structures of the europium (III) complexes were solved from X-ray powder diffraction data using the EXPO2014 software; and were deposited in the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) under deposition numbers 2477668, 2477667 and 2476992. The photoluminescence properties, including excitation, emission, decay time, and color purity, were studied. The influence of each biphenylcarboxylate isomer on the symmetry of the europium coordination sphere was assessed by calculating the asymmetry ratio, R = (I5D0 → 7F2/I5D0 → 7F1), revealing clear differences in emission intensity and symmetry distortion, directly correlated to the ligand isomer used. These findings demonstrate the antenna effect and tunable luminescence enabled by ligand design, offering potential applications in optoelectronics, bio-imaging and others.