Ag. Mirochnik et al., FLUORESCENT PROPERTIES OF EUROPIUM(III) COMPLEXES WITH POLYACRYLIC-ACID CONTAINING GRAFTED O-PHENANTHROLINE GROUPS, Russian chemical bulletin, 46(12), 1997, pp. 2135-2137
Fluorescent properties of Eu-III complexes with polyacrylic acid conta
ining grafted o-phenanthroline groups were studied. The presence of o-
phenanthroline groups (2%) in the macromolecular ligand provides a 2-
to 3-fold increase in the fluorescence intensity as compared to that f
or Eu-III polyacrylates. The effect of concentration quenching of fluo
rescence, which is observed as the temperature decreases from 300 to 7
7 K, is explained by the shortening of the average Eu-Eu distances and
by the increase in the efficiency of energy redistribution in the com
plex.