@inproceedings{5de41875edcf459081d9a5cc9d39fa74,
title = "Sol-gel silica films embedding NIR- emitting Yb-quinolinolate complexes",
abstract = "Sol-gel silica thin films embedding an ytterbium quinolinolato complex (YbClQ4) have been obtained using different alkoxides. Homogeneous, crack- and defect-free thin films of optical quality have been successfully deposited on glass substrate by dip-coating. The silica thin films have been characterized by time-resolved photoluminescence. The luminescence properties of the YbClQ4 are preserved in silica films prepared through an optimized sol-gel approach. The excited state lifetime of the lanthanide is comparable to those observed in bulk and longer than the corresponding ones in solution.",
keywords = "Ln-complex, hybrid materials, photoluminescence, silica film, sol-gel, time-resolved spectroscopy",
author = "Cristiana Figus and Francesco Quochi and Flavia Artizzu and Giacomo Piana and Michele Saba and Mercuri, \{Maria Laura\} and Angela Serpe and Paola Deplano and Andrea Mura and Giovanni Bongiovanni",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.; 10th International Symposium on SiO2 Advanced Dielectrics and Related Devices, SiO 2014 ; Conference date: 16-06-2014 Through 18-06-2014",
year = "2014",
month = oct,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1063/1.4900454",
language = "English",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
pages = "37--42",
editor = "Ricci, \{Pier Carlo\} and Carbonaro, \{Carlo Maria\}",
booktitle = "Fundamentals and Applications in Silica and Advanced Dielectrics, SiO 2014 - X International Symposium on SiO2, Advanced Dielectrics and Related Devices",
}