A New Fluoride Luminescence Quencher Based on a Nanostructured Covalently Bonded Terbium Hybrid Material

作者:Wang, Qianming*; Tan, Chaoliang; Chen, Hongyu; Tamiaki, Hitoshi
来源:Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 114(32): 13879-13883.
DOI:10.1021/jp105035v

摘要

The preparation of a novel covalently bonded luminescent hybrid material and its spectrophotometric anion sensing property were reported. The fluorescent receptor (lanthanide complex) was embedded in mesoporous silica through a sol-gel approach, and the nanoscale rod material exhibited excellent photophysical properties (luminescence and thermal stability). It shows significant changes in its fluorescence upon hydrogen binding to fluoride ions in DMSO/H(2)O (1/1), and the luminescence varies from green to blue (3-4 s). Proton NMR titration studies also indicated that the organic ligand was participating in hydrogen-bonding interactions with fluoride guest anions. The detection limit for fluoride anions could reach 1 mu M, and the reusability cycles were performed more than 10 times.