title: Syntheses and luminescent properties of a copolymer of terbium-p-aminobenzoic acid-methacrylic acid and styrene.
abstract: A reactive Tb(III) complex with p-aminobenzoic acid (p-ABA) and methacrylic acid (MAA) as ligands was synthesized. A novel copolymer was synthesized by free radical copolymerization of styrene and the reactive Tb(III) complex in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with 2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) (AIBN) as the initiator. IR and UV/Vis spectra indicate that the copolymer exhibited absorption from polystyrene and the complex. Thermogravimetric analysis indicates that the copolymer remained stable up to 357°C and the thermal stability was significantly improved in comparison with polymer matrix and the Tb(III) complex. The luminescent intensity of the synthetic terbium macromolecular complexes increased with increasing complex monomer content. Moreover, concentration quenching was not observed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Interface Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, 030024, China.|Research Center of Advanced Materials Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
authors.forename: A Q
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Interface Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, 030024, China.|College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Interface Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, 030024, China.|College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Interface Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, 030024, China.|Research Center of Advanced Materials Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Interface Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, 030024, China.|College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Interface Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, 030024, China.|College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Interface Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, 030024, China.|College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D049449:Luminescence; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D020058:Styrene / Q000737:chemistry*; D013725:Terbium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008689:Methacrylates; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers; D013725:Terbium; C008384:methacrylic acid; D020058:Styrene; D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid
keywords: complex; copolymer; luminescent properties; quenching; terbium