title: Enhanced luminescence of europium-doped layered double hydroxides intercalated by sensitiser anions.
abstract: Four sensitising anions naphthalene-1,5-disulfonate (15-NDS), naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylate (26-NDC), benzoate (BA) and terephthalate (TA) were intercalated into a Eu(3+)-doped Zn/Al layered double hydroxide. The carboxylate anions enhanced the red luminescence of Eu(3+) much more strongly than the sulfonate, in the descending order TA > 26-NDC > BA > 15-NDS.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
authors.forename: Xiaorui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Lixu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Dermot
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Hare
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Markland
authors.forename: Yueming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Faulkner