Ž. ANDRIC¹, M. D. DRAMICANIN¹, V. JOKANOVIC¹, T. DRAMICANIN^1,* , M. MITRIC¹, B. VIANA²

Abstract

In this paper the luminescent properties of a composite made from isotactic polypropylene and silicate nanopowder doped with trivalent europium ion were investigated. The method for obtaining the investigated composite is presented. Thermochemical properties of the composite were determined by DSC and TG measurements, while the structure was checked by X-ray diffraction measurements. Luminescent properties for two differently crystalized nanocomposites were determined by measuring room temperature excitation and emission spectra, as well as the emission lifetime of the 5D0 7F2 transition. It is established that the synthesized nanocomposites exhibits strong luminescent emission characteristic for a trivalent europium ion. Spectral analysis reveals that the europium ion local environment is inherent to changes of polypropylene crystallinity, suggesting that the efficient encapsulation of rare earth ions into polymers may be achieved using nano-silica. In addition, much stronger luminescence intensity was noticed for the case of polypropylene of higher crystallinity. The same was found for the 5D0 emission lifetime (1.19 ms), which is a quite high value for this type of materials and may be favorable for future applications..

Keywords

Europium luminescence, Nano-silica, Polymer composite materials.

Submitted at: March 2, 2006
Accepted at: March 23, 2006

Citation

Ž. ANDRIC, M. D. DRAMICANIN, V. JOKANOVIC, T. DRAMICANIN, M. MITRIC, B. VIANA, Luminescent properties of nano-SiO2:Eu3+/polypropylene composite, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 8, Iss. 2, pp. 829-834 (2006)

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