Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.359, 337-350, 2001
Optical properties of the Eu(thenoyltrifluoroacetonate)(3). (Cholesteryl tetradecanoate or nonanoate) complexes
We report the optical properties study of two new europium coordination complexes Eu(The-noyltrifluoroacetonote)(3). (Cholesteryl Pelargonate), n H2O (EuTTA(3)P), Eu(Thenoyltrifluoroacetonate)(3). (Cholesteryl Myristate), n H2O (EuTTA(3)M) and of an optically active cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) mixture obtained doped with these two fluorescent complexes. Refractive indices of these coordination compounds and of the doped cholesteric liquid crystal mixture have been determined. Wavelength-dependent scattering of these doped cholesteric mixtures has been investigated. Optical absorption and luminescence bands of EuTTA(3)P and EuTTA(3)M have been measured and assigned to transitions between the energy levels of Eu3+. From these optical measurements and using Judd-Ofelt theory, intensity parameters Omega (2), Omega (4) and emission cross-section have been estimated.