Highly photoluminescent Eu(III) complexes of the new 1-triphenylen-2-yl-3- trifluoroacetylacetone

Oksana Pietraszkiewicz, Suraj Mal, Marek Pietraszkiewicz*, Michał MacIejczyk, Igor Czerski, Teresa Borowiak, Grzegorz Dutkiewicz, Oksana Drobchak, Lieven Penninck, Jeroen Beeckman, Kristiaan Neyts

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The new triphenylene 1,3-diketone (1-triphenylen-2-yl-3- trifluoroacetylacetone (TphTA)) and its europium complexes were synthesized. The preliminary data on photophysical properties of Eu(TphTA)3(H 2O)(C2H5OH) (1), Eu(TphTA)3(TOPO) (H2O) (2), Eu(TphTA)3(TOPO)2 (3) and Eu(TphTA)2NO3(TOPO)2 (4) are reported. Addition of a tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) co-ligand to the europium diketonate complex removes water molecules from the coordination sphere, that leads to a significant increase of the photoluminescence quantum yield. The behavior of complexes 3 and 4 in nematic liquid crystal was investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)85-91
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Volume250
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 1,3-Diketonate
  • Europium complexes
  • Liquid crystals
  • Luminescence
  • Quantum yield
  • Triphenylene

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