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1College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, 100871 Beijing.
Abstract:
Usually, the emission spectra of terbium complexes exhibit 490 nm, 545 nm bands (green color) under the excitation of UV light, which is ascribed to the two 5D4 - 7F6, 5D4 - 7F5 transition. In this report, pink red fluorescence under the excitation of 300-370nm UV light is observed for a new 1, 10-phenanthroline-2-naphthoate complex of terbium. The fluorescence, FT-IR, ICP and X-ray fluorescence analysis were performed. The results showed that under the perturbation of the ligands field, the probability of 5D4 - 7F3 transition of terbium ion was greatly enhanced, while the probability of 5D4 - 7F5 transition was greatly decreased in the complex. Therefore, pink-red fluorescence was observed for the title complex.
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