Luminescent hybrid films obtained by covalent grafting of terbium complex to silica network

Fengyi Liu, Lianshe Fu, Jun Wang, Ze Liu, Huanrong Li, Hongjie Zhang

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Abstract

Luminescent hybrid thin films consisting of terbium complex covalently bonded to a silica-based network have been obtained in situ via a sol-gel approach. A new monomer, N-(4-benzoic acid-yl), N′-(propyltriethoxysilyl)urea (PABI), has been synthesized by grafting isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane (ICPTES) to p-aminobenzoic acid and characterized by 1H NMR, IR and MS. The monomer acts as a ligand for Tb3+ ion and as a sol-gel precursor. Band emission from Tb3+ ion due to an efficient ligand-to-metal energy transfer was observed by UV excitation. The decay curves of Tb3+ in the hybrid films were measured. The energy difference between the triplet state energy of PABI and the 5D4 level of Tb3+ ion falls in the exciting range to sensitize Tb3+ ion fluorescence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)178-182
Number of pages5
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume419
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hybrid materials
  • Luminescence
  • Sol-gel

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