A wide range of aa’vanced technology for existing and emerging products based on high temperature metal-ceramic composites used in aircrafts, cutting tools, lithium-ion based rechargeable batteries, superconductors, field emission based flat-panel displays, etc. employ micron to submicron sized ( 0.1 -10 microns) particulate precursors in their manufacturing process. Although there has been a s...

This study synthesized a europium (Eu(3+)) complex Eu(DBM)(3)Cl-MIP (DBM = dibenzoyl methane; Cl-MIP = 2-(2-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline) dispersed in a benzyl methacrylate (BMA) monomer and treated with ultraviolet (UV) light for polymerization. Spectral results showed that the europium complex containing an antenna, Cl-MIP, which had higher triplet energy into ...

This paper reports the complexation of a series of tetraalkyl diglycolamides (TRDGA) with trivalent f-cations in a room temperature ionic liquid, viz., 3-octyl-1-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([C8mim][Tf2N]). The stability constants of TRDGA/Nd3+ complexes (where R = n-pentyl, n-hexyl, n-octyl, n-decyl and 2-ethylhexl) were determined by absorbance spectroscopy. All the D...

Rare earth metal doped silica nanoparticles have significant advantages over traditional organic dyes and quantum dots. Silsesquioxanes are promising precursors in the production of silica nanoparticles by thermolysis, due to their structural similarities with silica materials. This manuscript describes the production of a new Eu3+-based metallasilsesquioxane species and its use as a single sou...

Luminescence methods were used to examine the interaction of Eu(III) and Tb(III) with parvalbumin isozyme III from pike (Esox lucius). The bound lanthanide ions were excited both directly, via laser irradiation, and indirectly, via fluorescence energy transfer from adjacent phenylalanine residues. At high (175 microM) protein concentrations, the lanthanide titration curves exhibited pronounced ...

Sub-wavelength nanostructured systems with tunable electromagnetic properties, such as hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs), provide a useful platform to tailor spontaneous emission processes. Here, we investigate system comprising Eu3+(NO3)3·6H2O nanocrystals on an HMM structure featuring hexagonal array of Ag nanowires in porous Al2O3 matrix. The HMM-coupled Eu3+ ions exhibit up 2.4 fold increase ...

Glasses are promising functional materials as phosphors with an aim to use in radiation measurements because of easy shaping, low fabrication cost and large volume possibility. In this study, Eu3+-activated gallate glasses having glass compositions 20K2O–11La2O3–(69−x)Ga2O3–xEu2O3 (x = 0.1–1.0) were synthesized, their photoluminescence, scintillation thermoluminescent characteristics investigat...

Replacement of the aspartate residue at position 59 of rat oncomodulin by glutamate by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis has afforded a protein which more closely resembles rat parvalbumin, at least judged by its interaction with the luminescent lanthanide ion Eu3+. The single-peak 7F0----5D0 spectrum observed at pH 5.0 with the fully bound wild-type protein is replaced by one which clearly ...