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Chemical‐Bonding Assembly, Physical Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of Lanthanide Hybrids from a Functional Thiazole Bridge
Author(s) -
Guo Lei,
Yan Bing
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.200901006
Subject(s) - lanthanide , chemistry , photoluminescence , hybrid material , luminescence , thiazole , molecule , amorphous solid , isocyanate , ion , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , materials science , optoelectronics , polyurethane
Two organic ligands derived from thiazole were modified by 3‐(triethoxysilyl)propyl isocyanate (TESPIC) to achieve the molecular precursors (P1 and P2). Then, the organic–inorganic hybrid materials (LnM1 and LnM2, Ln = Eu and Tb) were obtained by using these as bridging molecules to coordinate with lanthanide ions and form inorganic Si–O networks with tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) after cohydrolysis and copolycondensation processes, whose composition, microstructures, and photophysical properties were studied. All of the materials were amorphous and no phase separation occurred. The photoluminescence properties of these materials revealed that all these hybrids can show the characteristic luminescence of lanthanide ions. The ratios of red/orange, decay times, emission quantum efficiency of Eu 3+ hybrid materials were also determined. Furthermore, the number of water molecules coordinated to the Eu 3+ ion was theoretically estimated on the basis of emission spectra and the lifetime of the 5 D 0 state.