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Blue-emitting mesoporous films prepared via incorporation of luminescent Schiff base zinc(II) complex

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Highly fluorescent materials have been prepared by incorporation of a zinc complex in mesoporous silica thin films with ordered pore structure. The zinc complex has been introduced into the mesoporous materials via impregnation in an ethanol solution. The incorporation into the films has been monitored by UV–Vis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry. After 18 h of immersion in the doping solution the films showed strong blue emission, increase in the refractive index. Leaching experiments performed by immersing the samples in ethanol or tetrahydrofuran have shown that the chromophore is retained in the porous matrix.

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  1. The Cauchy dispersion equation: n(λ) = An + Bn/λ2 + Cn/λ4, allows calculating the refractive index as a function of the wavelength. An is a parameter related to the average refractive index of the material, while Bn and Cn are parameters that provide the shape or curvature of the n(λ) curve.

  2. For a two-components material, the refractive index in the Bruggemann approximation is expressed as: \( f_{v} \frac{{n_{v}^{2} - n^{2} }}{{n_{v}^{2} + 2n^{2} }} + f_{{{\text{SiO}}_{2} }} \frac{{n_{{{\text{SiO}}_{2} }}^{2} - n^{2} }}{{n_{{{\text{SiO}}_{2} }}^{2} + 2n^{2} }} = 0 \) while f v , n v and \( f_{{{\text{SiO}}_{2} }}\), \( n_{{{\text{SiO}}_{2} }}\) are the volume fractions and the refractive index of the pores void and silica, respectively.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Italian Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MiUR) through the Centro di Eccellenza CEMIF.CAL, FIRB, FIRB2003 (RBNE033KMA) and PRIN grants. The authors thank Dr. E. Vizza for part of the synthetic work.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials, University of Calabria, 87100, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy

    Daniela Aiello, Rosario Aiello & Flaviano Testa

  2. Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnologies, CR-INSTM, University of Sassari, Palazzo Pou Salid, Piazza Duomo 6, 07041, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy

    Luca Malfatti, Tongjit Kidchob & Plinio Innocenzi

  3. Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence CEMIF.CAL and LASCAMM, CR-INSTM, Unità Della Calabria, University of Calabria, 87100, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Iolinda Aiello, Mauro Ghedini, Massimo La Deda & Tonino Martino

  4. Department of Chemical Science, INSTM, University of Cagliari, Via Università 40, 09124, Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Maria Casula

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Aiello, D., Malfatti, L., Kidchob, T. et al. Blue-emitting mesoporous films prepared via incorporation of luminescent Schiff base zinc(II) complex. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 47, 283–289 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-008-1804-2

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