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High-resolution Thermal Micro-imaging Using Europium Chelate Luminescent Coatings
Published on: April 16, 2017
Highly resolved luminescence measurements for traces of 1,3-dibetanato europium(III) and terbium(III) complexes using
Shoji Kurata1, Masatoshi Nagai
1Criminal Investigation Laboratory, Metropolitan Police Department, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-8929, Japan.
Abstract:
The emission spectra of luminescent trivalent europium (Eu3+) and terbium (Tb3+) complexes were measured using a microscope laser Raman spectrometer with a doubled Nd:YAG laser (532 nm) and an Ar laser (488 nm). Excitation at 532 and 488 nm corresponded to wavelengths of the 7F1 --> 5D1 band of Eu3+ and the 7F6 --> 5D4 band of Tb3+, respectively. The Eu3+ and Tb3+ complexes were discriminated by high-resolution emission spectra more distinctly and sensitively than by fluorescence spectrometry, the usual analytical method.
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