Ternary europium mesoporous polymeric hybrid materials Eu(β-diketonate)3pvpd-SBA-15(16): host–guest construction, characterization and photoluminescence

Abstract

Novel organic–inorganic mesoporous luminescent polymeric hybrid materials containing europium(III) complexes incorporated to mesoporous silica SBA-15/SBA-16 have been prepared by simple physical doping (impregnation) methods, followed by the addition polymerization reaction of the monomer 4-vinylpyridine (vpd) extending along the mesoporous channels. The precursor europium(III) complexes are synthesized by β-diketonate (β-diketonate=2-thenoyltrifluoroacetonate (tta), hexafluoroacetylacetonate (hfac), trifluoroacetylacetonate (taa)) and monomer 4-vinylpyridine (vpd) coordinated to Eu3+, and SBA-15/SBA-16 are obtained via a sol–gel process. After the physical doping and the polymerization reaction, the final ternary materials Eu(β-diketonate)3pvpd-SBA-15/Eu(β-diketonate)3pvpd-SBA-16 (β-diketonate=tta, hfac, taa) are received. The physical properties and espeically the photoluminescence of these hybrids are characterized, and the XRD and BET results reveal that all of these hybrid materials have uniformity in the mesostructure. The detailed luminescence investigation on all the materials show that Eu(tta)3pvpd-SBA-16 have the highest luminescence intensity and the materials with taa ligands have longer lifetimes.