1D europium coordination polymer wires were successfully prepared by reacting europium chloride with tributyl phosphate(TBP) at 160 oC for 12 h. The products were characterized by XRD,IR,TG,DTA,SEM,and EDS. SEM results showed that the wires were with diameters ranging from several hundreds of nanometers to ～5 μm and lengths going up to several hundreds of micrometers. Influencing factors such as the dosage of reactants and reaction time on the preparation were systematically investigated. Strong emission centering at 590 nm was realized in the coordination polymer wires on excitation at 395 nm.
In this work,a facile route using a simple solvothermal reaction and sequential heat treatment process to prepare porous Y2O3 microcubes is presented.The as-synthesized products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction(XRD) ,scanning electronic microscope(SEM) ,en-ergy dispersive spectrometer(EDS) ,thermogravimetric analysis(TG) ,and differential thermal analysis(DTA) .The thermal decomposition process of the Y2O3 precursor was investigated.SEM results demonstrated that the as-prepared porous Y2O3 microcubes were with an aver-age width of about 20 μm and thickness of about 8 μm.It was found that the morphology of the Y2O3 precursor could be readily tuned by varying the molar ratio of S 2 O 82-to Y3+.Y2O3:Eu3+(6.6%) microcubes were also prepared and their photoluminescence properties were investigated.
Uniform YF3 nanorods composed of nanoparticles were successfully prepared via a facile solvothermal method with ethanol as solvent and tetrabutyl ammonium fluoride(TBAF) as fluorine source.The products were characterized with powder X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The nanorods were with diameters of ca.60 nm and lengths ranging from 200 to 350 nm.Eu3+ and Tb3+ doped YF3 nanorods were also prepared and their photoluminescence properties were investigated.Cytotoxicity study revealed that these YF3 based nanorods were biocompatible.
