The preparation and property studies of transparent resins containing rareearth terbium(III) complex

The binary and ternary rare-earth terbium(m) complexes were introduced into the styrene/alpha -methylacrylic acid copolymerization system, and some op tical resins that possess a high transparency in visible light region were obtained. The study of the optical property showed that they have good lumi nescent properties such as a high luminous intensity and a long luminous li fetime, In addition, we investigated the relationship among the transparenc y, the luminescent property of the copolymer, and the content of the compon ents in the polymeric system. The results indicated that the optical resins can provide a relatively stable environment for composite rare earth compl exes, which is good to exhibit the luminescent properties of rare earth com plexes. At the same time, the rare earth complexes can offer the transparen t resin a novel function.