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Study of Hybrid Silica-Polyethyleneglycol Xerogels by Eu3+ Luminescence Spectroscopy
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Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, v. 13, n. 1-3, p. 427-432, 1999.
0928-0707
10.1023/A:1008673211834
WOS:000078468200073
2-s2.0-0032307116
0000-0002-7984-5908
Author
Ribeiro, Sidney José Lima
Dahmouche, K.
Ribeiro, Clovis Augusto
Santilli, Celso Valentim
Pulcinelli, Sandra Helena
Abstract
Good optical quality Eu3+-doped silica-polyethyleneglycol hybrids were prepared by the sol-gel process. Thermomechanical analysis showed an increase of the glass transition temperature, due to the stiffness of the polymeric network, as the amount of Eu3+ increased. Europium luminescent properties were used to study structural evolution during the sol-gel transition. For lower doping concentrations dried gels present statistical distributions of Eu3+, typical of an amorphous environment, while for higher concentrations a crystalline-like environment of Eu3+ was observed. A broad emission band was observed in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum and assigned to the intrinsic emission from the hybrid polymeric network.