[Effect of PEG400 on the luminescent Eu(BA)3/SiO2].

Rare earth organic complexes combined with inorganic compounds can enhanced thermal stability, but inorganic compounds matrix has great influence on the luminescence characteristic of rare earth organic complexes. The luminescence characteristic of organic and inorganic compound material was improved by PEG doping in the material. Eu(BA)3/SiO2 and Eu(BA)3/PEG400-SiO2 were synthesized by Sol-Gel method. The result of luminescence analysis showed that the excitation spectra and emission spectra of Eu(BA)3 accorded with those of Eu(BA)3/SiO2 and Eu(BA)3/PEG400-SiO2, but the luminescence intensity of Eu(BA)3/SiO2 was improved by PEG400-SiO2 in SiO2 gel. This was because PEG400 as a hard Lewis base, could be combined with rare earth ion and increase the luminescence intensity of Eu(BA)3. It was shown that the amount of PEG400 in Eu(BA)3/SiO2 had influence on luminescence intensity of Eu(BA)3, namely there was better luminescence intensity in Eu(BA)3/SiO2 with increment of the PEG400 addition, but when the amount of PEG400 exceeded 50 wt% of that of SiO2, the luminescence intensity of Eu(BA)3 hardly increased. When the amount of PEG400 exceed 15 wt% of that of SiO2, PEG400 had little influence on the content of water and hydroxy in the matrix, as verified by IR spectrum. The surface characteristic of SiO2 gel was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM).

[Synthesis and luminescence properties of ternary complexes of europium with aromatic carboxylic acid and acrylonitrile].

Five ternary complexes were synthesized from europium with aromatic carboxylic acid (p-methylbenzoic acid, methoxybenzoic acid, m-chlorobenzoic acid and benzoic acid, p-hydroxylbenzoic acid) and acrylonitrile, and characterized by means of elemental analysis, thermal analysis, FTIR spectra and UV spectra. The fluorescence spectra show that five ternary complexes have good luminescence properties, and the sequence of the ability of the aromatic carboxylic acids to transfer light energy to europium ion is as follows: p-methylbenzoic acid>benzoic acid>m-chlorobenzoic acid>p-hydroxylbenzoic acid>methoxybenzoic acid. Meanwhile, the ternary europium complexes containing a reactive ligand acrylonitrile will possibly have a potential application to the fabrication of bonding-type europium polymer luminescent materials.

[The synthesis and fluorescence properties of doping europium-benzoic acid-phenanthroline complexes].

Eu1-x Lnx (BA)3Phen(Ln: Gd, La, Y; BA: benzoic acid; Phen: phenanthroline; x = 0.0-0.9) complexes are synthesized, and their similar structures showed by IR spectra. Fluorescence spectra indicate that the complexes can emit intense characteristic fluorescence from europium ion and the doping elements can enhance the fluorescence intensities of central europium ion and have co-fluorescence effect.

[Synthesis and luminescence properties of reactive ternary europium complexes].

In this paper, five new reactive ternary europium complexes were synthesized with the first ligand of 1,10-phenanthroline and the reactive second ligands of maleic anhydride, acrylonitrile, undecenoic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid, and also characterized by means of elemental analysis, EDTA titrimetric method, FTIR spectra and UV spectra. The fluorescence spectra show that the five new ternary complexes have much higher luminescence intensity than their corresponding binary complexes, and the synergy ability sequence of the five reactive ligands is as follows: linoleic acid > oleic acid > acrylonitrile > maleic anhydride > undecenoic acid. At the same time, the reactive ternary europium complexes coordinated with the reactive ligands, which can be copolymerized with other monomers, will provide a new way for the synthesis of bonding-type rare earth polymer functional materials with excellent luminescence properties.