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[Synthesis, characterization and NIR luminescence properties of erbium organic complexes]
Huai-shan Wang1, Guo-dong Qian, Min-quan Wang
1Department of Materials Science & Engineering, State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
Abstract:
Several erbium organic complexes, hydrated erbium binary complexes with acetylacetone (AcAc) or dibenzoylmethane (DBM), erbium ternary complexes derived from 1,10-phenanthroline (Phen) with acetylacetone (AcAc), dibenzoylmethane (DBM) or trifluoroacetylacetone (TFA), were synthesized and identified by elemental analysis. The UV-Vis absorption and FTIR spectra measurements have been employed for all the erbium complexes. Near infrared (NIR) photoluminescence properties, such as luminescence intensity and effective bandwidth, of the erbium complexes were also studied. As a result, the erbium ternary complex with AcAc and Phen exhibits the most excellent luminescence properties among those investigated complexes.
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