TY - JOUR A1 - Tiseanu, Carmen A1 - Parvulescu, Vasile Ion A1 - Cojocaru, Bogdan A1 - Lorenz-Fonfria, Victor A. A1 - Kumke, Michael Uwe A1 - Gessner, Andre A1 - Enculescu, Ion T1 - Polymer-microporous host interactions probed by photoluminescence spectroscopy N2 - Zeolites NaY and ZSM-5 were used as hosts for styrene polymerization after ion-exchange with europium ions. The parent and hybrid, polystyrene coated Eu-NaY (Eu-NaY/PS) and Eu-ZSM-5 (Eu-ZSM-5/PS) zeolites were investigated by using thermal analysis, SEM, PXRD, FT-IR, DR-UV/Vis, steady state and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. FT-IR spectra evidenced for the interaction between the zeolitic hosts and polystyrene while the PXRD spectra supported for the presence of the polymer inside the channels/pores of Eu-NaY/PS and Eu-ZSM-5/PS materials. The optical properties of Eu-NaY/PS and Eu-ZSM-5/PS were significantly changed relative to those of the parent zeolites, giving further evidence for the presence of polymer inside zeolites. An interesting case is presented by NaY zeolite: following styrene polymerization, the polymer interacted selectively with one of the two main species co-existing inside zeolite while for ZSM-5 a similar effect was not observed. Y1 - 2010 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31513 UR - http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/CP/index.asp SN - 1463-9076 ER -