Abstract
Abstract Host–guest recognition is extensively exploited in day to day life applications. The p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene is considered as a host receptor which shows significant properties over the other host materials. A highly luminescent [Ru(bpy)3]2+ dye is incorporated into silica nanoparticles (SiNps) by water-in-oil micro emulsion method. The surface of SiNps is grafted with p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene ([Ru(bpy)3]2+dopedcalixarene grafted SiNps- RSC). The prepared material is characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD and FT-IR analytical methods. The stepwise FT-IR results clearly confirmed the formation of the desired product.The XRD patterns of prepared surface material RSC and Ru-SiNps explores the amorphous nature with distinct patterns. The TEM images explore spherical shape, highly dispersed and uniform size (average size: 50 nm) of RSC. The close proximity of calixarene cavity with [Ru(bpy)3]2+ is expected to facilitate efficient energy transfer with guest molecules.
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