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    Fluorescent Silica Hybrid Film-Forming Materials Based on Salicylaldazine

    Year: 2020

    Journal: Coatings, Volume 10, DEC

    Authors: Raditoiu, Alina; Raditoiu, Valentin; Raduly, Florentina Monica; Ispas, Georgiana Cornelia; Purcar, Violeta; Frone, Adriana Nicoleta; Manea, Raluca; Wagner, Luminita Eugenia; Anastasescu, Mihai

    Organizations: Romanian Ministry of Education and Research-MEC through INCDCP ICECHIM Bucharest 2019-2022 Core Program PN. 19.23-Chem-Ergent [19.23.03.04]; INCDCP ICECHIM Bucharest

    Keywords: fluorescence emission; hybrid films; sol-gel; cyclic oligomers; porosity

    Fluorescent film-forming materials were obtained by embedding salicylaldazine (SAA) in silica hybrids generated by sol-gel processes from different silane precursors in acid catalysis. Tuned local environments for the fluorophore were generated in the hosting network by modifying silica sols with organic groups through the co-condensation of tetraethylortosilicate (TEOS) and different alkoxysilanes hydrolysis products. The photophysical properties of the luminescent hybrid films were studied in direct relationship with structural, textural, and surface properties and based on interactions between SAA species and the silica hosting network. Film-forming materials were studied in order to determine differences in absorption and fluorescence emission due to the environments around the fluorophore. The variations recorded in the fluorescence emission spectra of the hybrid films were related to interactions established between the fluorophore species and their sterically hindered surroundings of the host hybrid silica, where free molecular motions are restricted. The influence of the type and amount of network modifier and of the fluorophore loading on the transparency of the films and fluorescence intensity was also investigated. The study carried out led to the elucidation of the necessary conditions for obtaining luminescent film-forming materials with high luminescence intensity and transparency useful for the design of new light concentrators.
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