Highly homogeneous, transparent and luminescent SiO<sub>2</sub>glassy layers containing a covalently bound tetraazacyclododecane–triacetic acid–Eu(<scp>iii</scp>)–acetophenone complex
作者:Silvio Quici、Marco Cavazzini、Maria Concetta Raffo、Lidia Armelao、Gregorio Bottaro、Gianluca Accorsi、Cristiana Sabatini、Francesco Barigelletti
DOI:10.1039/b514409d
日期:——
The preparation of solâgel glasses is described wherein highly stable Eu(III) centres are anchored to the silica glass upon acidic hydrolysis and by using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as a silica source. The complex employed is Eu·1 and is obtained from bipartite ligand 1, which features a DO3A macrocycle as a hosting unit for the Eu(III) centre, a methoxy-acetophenone unit as an antenna chromophore, and an alkyl chain bearing one primary hydroxy group (DO3A is 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7-triacetic acid). Eu·1 is linked to the forming silica glass through the âOH groups and a uniform distribution of the luminescent centres is obtained, as indicated by results from secondary ion mass spectrometry in-depth profiling. The luminescent efficiency of the Eu(III) centres in the solid matrix is evaluated to be 10%, which is comparable to that of Eu·1 in water solution and of a convenient reference complex, Eu·2 (2 is a ligand featuring the same hosting and antenna functionalities of 1, wherein the âOH residue is replaced by an unreactive group, a benzoylmethyl residue). A discussion is given of the photophysical properties exhibited by the complexes in the film and in solution.
本研究描述了如何制备溶胶玻璃,通过酸性水解和使用四乙基正硅酸盐(TEOS)作为二氧化硅源,将高度稳定的 Eu(III)中心锚定到二氧化硅玻璃上。所使用的复合物为 EuÂ-1 ,由双配体 1 制得,其特点是一个 DO3A 大环作为 Eu(III)中心的承载单元,一个甲氧基苯乙酮单元作为天线发色团,以及一个带有一个伯羟基的烷基链(DO3A 为 1,4,7,10-四氮杂环十二烷-1,4,7-三乙酸)。EuÂ-1通过âOH基团与成型的硅玻璃相连,发光中心分布均匀,二次离子质谱深度分析结果表明了这一点。经评估,固体基质中 Eu(III)中心的发光效率为 10%,与水溶液中的 EuÂ-1 和方便的参考配合物 EuÂ-2 的发光效率相当(2 是一种配体,具有与 1 相同的寄主和天线功能,其中的âOH 残基被一个非活性基团(苯甲酰甲基残基)取代)。本文讨论了络合物在薄膜和溶液中表现出的光物理特性。