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The sensitized emission of Eu3+ and Tb3+ by 4-fluorobenzophenone confined in zeolite L microcrystals

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Disc-shaped zeolite L crystals having a narrow size distribution were prepared and characterized. Luminescent materials were prepared by insertion of 4-fluorobenzophenone into the channels of Ln3+-exchanged zeolite L microcrystals via the gas diffusion method. The obtained materials were characterized by SEM, elementary analysis, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Energy transfer from 4-fluorobenzophenone to Eu3+ or Tb3+ or to both Eu3+ and Tb3+ can occur in the channels. The emission color of the resulting materials can be tuned by varying the relative amount of Eu3+ and Tb3+.

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    Yanxia Ding, Yige Wang, Pengpeng Cao & Tiezhen Ren

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Ding, Y., Wang, Y., Li, Y. et al. The sensitized emission of Eu3+ and Tb3+ by 4-fluorobenzophenone confined in zeolite L microcrystals. Photochem Photobiol Sci 10, 543–547 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1039/c0pp00314j

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