Molecules (Feb 2019)

Ammonia-Responsive Luminescence of Ln<sup>3+</sup>-β-diketonate Complex Encapsulated within Zeolite Y

  • Yuchen Deng,
  • Peng Li,
  • Yige Wang,
  • Tianren Wang,
  • Huanrong Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24040685
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 4
p. 685

Abstract

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Assembling Ln3+(HPBAn) (Ln = Eu or Tb, HPBA = N-(2-pyridinyl)benzoylacetamide) in the cavities of zeolite Y (ZY) via the “ship-in-a-bottle„ strategy leads to the formation of novel luminescent composite, Ln(HPBAn)@ZY, whose luminescence can be easily modulated by ammonia on the basis of the energy level variation of HPBA after deprotonation process. Additionally the bimetallic complex doping sample, Eu0.5Tb0.5(HPBAn)@ZY, show great potential as self-referencing luminescent sensor for detecting low ammonia concentration of 10−12⁻0.25 wt%.

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