UV-induced rhodamine B aggregation into nanoparticles exhibiting reversible changes of yellow- and white-light photoluminescent emissions

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5522-5525

  Hsu, Chih Yuan ^a   Liu, Ying Ling ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aggregation; chromophores; luminescence; nanoparticles; Rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; LIGHT SWITCHES; PHOTOLUMINESCENT EMISSION; REVERSIBLE CHANGE; RHODAMINE B; UV IRRADIATION; WHITE LIGHT;

CHROMOPHORES; FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES;

LIGHT;

EID: 79955600674     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003692     Document Type: Article

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41. The reproducibility of the tests has been confirmed by several repetitions. A preliminary result shows the behaviour could be concentration independent. We have observed the same behaviour with solutions of RhB in THF of 0.01, 0.015 and 0.025 wt %. Moreover, both the as-prepared solution and the solutions after filtration through a 0.45 μm filter demonstrated similar behaviours. On the other hand, the solvent plays a critical role in the tests. Many other solvents, such as water, chloroform, methanol, methylethylketone and N-N-dimethylacetate, were tested. We did not observe the behaviours of UV-induced changes of RhB PL in these solvents. On the other hand, the response time of PL changes varies from 1 to 10 min in the tests. Nevertheless, at present we have no explanation to the results. The UV-induced RhB aggregation and changes in PL behaviour is worth further studies.