Photoluminescent Polymer Aerogels with R, G and B Emission
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Thermal Stability Investigation
2.2. FT-IR Analysis
2.3. XPS Investigation
2.4. SEM Investigation
2.5. Fluorescence Investigation
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Methods
3.3. Synthesis of p-(HEMA-M(III)) Aerogels
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Polymer Complex | Eu(III) Aerogel | Tb(III) Aerogel | La(III) Aerogel | ||||||
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Element | C | O | Eu(III) | C | O | Tb(III) | C | O | La(III) |
Atomic concentration (%) | 80.8 | 18 | 1.2 | 80.5 | 18.2 | 1.3 | 79.5 | 19 | 1.5 |
Mass concentration (%) | 59 | 18 | 23 | 67 | 19 | 14 | 67 | 21 | 12 |
Polymer Complex | Eu(III) Aerogel | Tb(III) Aerogel | La(III) Aerogel | ||||||
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C1s high-resolution spectra | |||||||||
Group/Bonding type | O-C | O=C | C-C/C-H | O-C | O=C | C-C/C-H | O-C | O=C | C-C/C-H |
Mass concentration (%) | 12.4 | 6.9 | 80.7 | 11.8 | 7 | 81.2 | 19 | 10 | 71 |
O1s high-resolution spectra | |||||||||
Group/Bonding type | O-C | O=C | O-Eu | O-C | O=C | O-Tb | O-C | O=C | O-La |
Mass concentration (%) | 30.4 | 65.7 | 3.9 | 28.5 | 67.5 | 4 | 38.6 | 49.3 | 12.1 |
Aerogel | Absolute PLQY (%)/Excitation WAVELENGTH (Nm) | Relative Error (+/−) |
---|---|---|
Eu(III) aerogel | 42/395 | 0.022 |
Tb(III) aerogel | 36/315 | 0.020 |
La(III) aerogel | 26/380 | 0.025 |
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Stan, L.; Malutan, T.; Volf, I.; Popa, M.; Tincu, C.E.; Stan, C.S. Photoluminescent Polymer Aerogels with R, G and B Emission. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 16004. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416004
Stan L, Malutan T, Volf I, Popa M, Tincu CE, Stan CS. Photoluminescent Polymer Aerogels with R, G and B Emission. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(24):16004. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416004
Chicago/Turabian StyleStan, Loredana, Teodor Malutan, Irina Volf, Marcel Popa, Camelia E. Tincu, and Corneliu S. Stan. 2022. "Photoluminescent Polymer Aerogels with R, G and B Emission" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 24: 16004. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416004