Eu(III) local coordination in white light emitters organic-inorganic hybrids.

• Autor(a) principal: Carlos, L. D.
• Data de Publicação: 2001
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, RAS, Bermudez, V. D., Bueno, L. A., Molina, C., Messaddeq, Y., Ribeiro, SJL
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/194562
• topic: organic-inorganic hybrids; luminescence; EXAFS

Eu3+ luminescence and EXAFS (Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure) results are presented for organic-inorganic hybrid gel hosts composed of a siliceous network to which small chains of oxyethylene units are covalently grafted by means of urea bridges. Coordination numbers for Eu3+ ions range from 12.8 to 9.7 with increasing Eu3+ concentration while the Eu3+-first neighbours mean distance is found to be constant at 2.48-2.49 A in the same concentration range. Emission spectra display a broad band in the green/blue spectral region superposed to narrow lines appearing in the yellow/red region in such a way that for the eyes emission appears white. The broad band is assigned to intrinsic NH groups emission and also to electron-hole recombination in the nanosised siliceous domains. The narrow lines are assigned to intra-4f(6), D-5(0)--> F-7(0-4) Eu3+ transitions and from the energy position of the F-7(0-4) levels a mean distance could be calculated for the Eu3+-first neighbours. The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental ones obtained from EXAFS analysis.