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Energy Transfer Between Eu2+, Eu3+ and Rh6G in Silica, Zirconia and Alumina Gels
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
Abstract
The sol-gel process provides new opportunities for the synthesis of photonic materials. Sol-gel chemistry is mainly based on inorganic polymerization reactions performed in solution at lower temperatures than conventional chemical methods. Homogeneous doping by mixing components at a molecular level and synthesis of mixed organic-inorganic materials can then be performed. Luminescent properties of dyes inside silica, aluminosilicates or transition metal oxide based gels have been studied extensively. Much less work has been devoted to the study of energy transfer (ET) inside sol-gel matrices. Sol-gel materials provide the opportunity to investigate dye-dye ET, as well as dye-ion ET. This communication presents an optical study of a variety of sol-gel matrices (SiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2 based gels) codoped with rhodamine 6G(Rh6G) and europium. Different types of ET are observed among Rh6G, Eu3+ and Eu2+. The Eu2+/Eu3+ ratio is found to be strongly dependent on the host matrices. The reduction of Eu3+ t· Eu2+ in dried gels may relate to the presence of Rh6G.
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