LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES OF THE LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILM OF TERBIUM(III)STEAROYLANTHRANILATE

Terbium(III) stearoylanthranilate has been prepared as a high property Z-type Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film on various substrates by a vertica l transfer process. The UV-visible absorption spectra and the low angl e X-ray diffraction peaks have been collected in order to investigate the molecular arrangement and aggregation in the LB films. The average molecular orientation in multilayer stacking was determined by Attenu ated Total Reflection Spectroscopy. The influence of the chemical envi ronment of terbium within the LB films on the luminescence properties has been discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.