Eu3+/Sm3+ hybrids based with 8-hydroxybenz[de]anthracen-7-one organically modified mesoporous silica SBA-15/16

A series of organic–inorganic hybrid materials were prepared by linking lanthanide (Eu 3+ , Sm 3+ ) complexes to mesoporous SBA-15/SBA-16 through 8-hydroxybenz[de]anthracen-7-one modified silane (HBA-Si) as linker. The physical characterizations of these hybrids revealed that they all have high surface area, uniformity in mesostructure. The luminescence properties of these covalently bonded materials (denoted as Ln(HBA-SBA-15) 3 phen and Ln(HBA-SBA-16) 3 phen) were compared with ternary complexes (Ln(HBA) 3 phen) (Ln = Eu, Sm). Eu(HBA-SBA-15(16)) 3 phen hybrids display better thermal stability, whose luminescent lifetimes and quantum efficiencies were matchable with those of Eu(HBA) 3 phen complex in spite of its much lower effective condensation of Eu 3+ species. In addition, the luminescent performance of functionalized SBA-15 hybrids was more favorable than that of functionalized SBA-16 hybrids, revealing that SBA-15 was a better host material for lanthanide complex than mesoporous silica SBA-16.