Novel luminescent europium(III) complexes covalently bonded to bis(phosphino)amine oxide functionalized MCM-41

A novel organo-functionalized mesoporous MCM-41 type of hybrid materials MCM–Si–DPBB was synthesized by co-condensation of bidentate Si(OR)3 substituted N,N-2-diphenyloxyphosphine-4-bromomethyl-benzenamine (Si–DPBB) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) in the presence of the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant as template. Its ternary europium complex covalently bonded to the silica-based network MCM–Si–DPBB–Eu was also prepared by introduction the Eu(DBM)3(H2O)2 into the hybrid materials. The hybrid material MCM–Si–DPBB–Eu has strong luminescence, and when excited by the ligands absorption wavelength (386 nm), it displays the emission of the Eu3+ 5D0-7FJ (J = 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4) transition lines due to the efficient energy transfer from the ligands to Eu3+.