TY - JOUR
T1 - Fabrication of luminescent polymeric nanoparticles doped with a lanthanide complex by self-organization process
AU - Tamaki, K.
AU - Yabu, H.
AU - Isoshima, T.
AU - Hara, M.
AU - Shimomura, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. The authors appreciate Ms. K. Ito and Ms. S. Yagi for their kind assistance.
PY - 2006/8/15
Y1 - 2006/8/15
N2 - Recently, a simple method for preparation of polymeric particles with narrow size distribution, "self-organized particle precipitation method", has been developed. This method is composed of two steps: firstly a solution of a matrix polymer in a volatile solvent is gradually diluted with a freely miscible poor solvent; then the volatile solvent is gradually evaporated from the mixture. In this work, we report preparation of luminescent polystyrene nanoparticles with narrow size distribution from THF solution of polystyrene and trivalent europium, terbium, and samarium complexes as lumophores. Compared with the polystyrene nanoparticles doped with a lanthanide complex possessing no phenyl group, the polystyrene nanoparticles doped with a complex possessing phenyl groups were highly and uniformly luminescent under ultraviolet light irradiation.
AB - Recently, a simple method for preparation of polymeric particles with narrow size distribution, "self-organized particle precipitation method", has been developed. This method is composed of two steps: firstly a solution of a matrix polymer in a volatile solvent is gradually diluted with a freely miscible poor solvent; then the volatile solvent is gradually evaporated from the mixture. In this work, we report preparation of luminescent polystyrene nanoparticles with narrow size distribution from THF solution of polystyrene and trivalent europium, terbium, and samarium complexes as lumophores. Compared with the polystyrene nanoparticles doped with a lanthanide complex possessing no phenyl group, the polystyrene nanoparticles doped with a complex possessing phenyl groups were highly and uniformly luminescent under ultraviolet light irradiation.
KW - Lanthanide complexes
KW - Luminescence
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Self-organization process
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U2 - 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.12.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744938188
SN - 0927-7757
VL - 284-285
SP - 355
EP - 358
JO - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
JF - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
ER -