Exploration of photophysical behavior of lanthanide complex and its hybrids.

The present work envisioned to synthesize europium complexes [Eu-(L)-phen] (where, L is 4,4,4-Trifluoro-1-(2-furyl)-1,3-butanedione (TFB), phen-1,10 -phenanthroline) and its hybrids via embedding pure complex into silica and PMMA. The sol-gel method was adopted for incorporating europium complex into silica matrix as [Eu-(L)-phen]-silica and this method was proved to be highly effective and excellent approach for obtaining such lanthanide hybrid material. Another hybrid was prepared by incorporating complex into PMMA (polymethyl methyl acrylate), an organic polymer, transformed into flexible thin film.