TY  - JOUR
A1  - Radziuk, Darya
A1  - Skirtach, Andre
A1  - Gessner, Andre
A1  - Kumke, Michael Uwe
A1  - Zhang, Wei
A1  - Möhwald, Helmuth
A1  - Shchukin, Dmitry
T1  - Ultrasonic Approach for Formation of Erbium Oxide Nanoparticles with Variable Geometries
JF  - Langmuir
N2  - Ultrasound (20 kHz, 29 W. cm(-2)) is employed to form three types of erbium oxide nanoparticles in the presence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes as a template material in water. The nanoparticles are (i) erbium carboxioxide nanoparticles deposited on the external walls of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and Er(2)O(3) in the bulk with (ii) hexagonal and (iii) spherical geometries. Each type of ultrasonically formed nanoparticle reveals Er(3+) photoluminescence from crystal lattice. The main advantage of the erbium carboxioxide nanoparticles on the carbon nanotubes is the electromagnetic emission in the visible region, which is new and not examined up to the present date. On the other hand, the photoluminescence of hexagonal erbium oxide nanoparticles is long-lived (mu s) and enables the higher energy transition ((4)S(3/2)-(4)I(15/2)), which is not observed for spherical nanoparticles. Our work is unique because it combines for the first time spectroscopy of Er(3+) electronic transitions in the host crystal lattices of nanoparticles with the geometry established by ultrasound in aqueous solution of carbon nanotubes employed as a template material. The work can be of great interest for "green" chemistry synthesis of photoluminescent nanoparticles in water.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/la203622u
SN  - 0743-7463
VL  - 27
IS  - 23
SP  - 14472
EP  - 14480
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Antoniou, Stella
A1  - Pashalidis, I.
A1  - Gessner, Andre
A1  - Kumke, Michael Uwe
T1  - The effect of humic acid on the formation and solubility of secondary solid phases (Nd(OH)CO3 and Sm(OH)CO3)
JF  - Radiochimica acta : international journal for chemical aspects of nuclear science and technology
N2  - The formation of secondary Ln(III) solid phases (e.g. Nd(OH)CO3 and Sm(OH)CO3) has been studied as a function of the humic acid (HA) concentration in 0.1 M NaClO4 aqueous solution and their solubility has been investigated in the neutral pH range (6.5-8) under normal atmospheric conditions. Nd(III) and Sm(III) were selected as analogues for trivalent lanthanide and actinide ions. The solid phases under investigation have been prepared by alkaline precipitation and characterized by TGA, ATR-FTIR, XRD, TRLFS, DR-UV-Vis and Raman spectroscopy, and solubility measurements. The spectroscopic data obtained indicate that Nd(OH)CO3 and Sm(OH)CO3 are stable and remain the solubility limiting solid phases even in the presence of increased HA concentration (0.5 g/L) in solution. Upon base addition in the Ln(III)-HA system decomplexation of the previously formed Ln(III)-humate complexes and precipitation of two distinct phases occurs, the inorganic (Ln(OH)CO3) and the organic phase (HA), which is adsorbed on the particle surface of the former. Nevertheless, HA affects the particle size of the solid phases. Increasing HA concentration results in decreasing crystallite size of the Nd(OH)CO3 and increasing crystallite size of the Sm(OH)CO3 solid phase, and affects inversely the solubility of the solid phases. However, this impact on the solid phase properties is expected to be of minor relevance regarding the chemical behavior and migration of trivalent lanthanides and actinides in the geosphere.
KW  - Lanthanide ions
KW  - Humic acid
KW  - Solid phase
KW  - Solubility
KW  - Raman
KW  - TRLFS
KW  - DR-UV-Vis
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1524/ract.2011.1812
SN  - 0033-8230
VL  - 99
IS  - 4
SP  - 217
EP  - 223
PB  - De Gruyter
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tiseanu, Carmen
A1  - Parvulescu, Vasile
A1  - Parvulescu, Victoria
A1  - Cotoi, Elena
A1  - Gessner, Andre
A1  - Kumke, Michael Uwe
A1  - Simon, Simion
A1  - Vasiliu, Florin
T1  - Structural and photoluminescence characterization of mesoporous silicon-phosphates
N2  - Two different types of mesoporous silicon-phosphate supports using different surfactants (a mixture of (CH3)(3)C13H27NBr with an organophosphorus coupling molecule (HO-PO(i-C3H7)(2)) and with a co-surfactant ((C2H5)(3)(C6H5)PCl), respectively) were synthesized. Trivalent europium (Eu) ions were immobilized via ion-exchange on these supports. The resulting materials were characterized using nitrogen adsorption isotherms at -196 degrees C, thermogravimetric analysis, SEM, TEM, FT-IR, PXRD, CP/MAS. (HSi)-H-1-Si-29 and P-31 NMR, DR-UV-vis as well as steady- state and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. The results evidenced that the co-polymerization of silicon and phosphorous yielded a unique morphology in these materials. Following calcination at 450 and 900 degrees C europium- exchanged silicon-phosphates with great surface area (BET=600-705 m(2) g(-1)) and 3.4 nm sized mesopores were obtained. The differences among the optical properties of the non-calcined europium materials such as the emission lifetimes, local environment at the europium sites or the relative contribution of the upper excited levels to the total photoluminescence were assigned to the surfactants used in the synthesis. Calcination of the silicon-phosphates at higher temperatures than 450 degrees C did not induce major changes in the structural properties: in contrast, photoluminescence properties of europium were markedly improved in terms of intensity and average lifetime.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10106030
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.07.015
SN  - 1010-6030
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Antoniou, Stella
A1  - Pashalidis, Ioannis
A1  - Gessner, Andre
A1  - Kumke, Michael Uwe
T1  - Spectroscopic investigations on the effect of humic acid on the formation and solubility of secondary solid phases of Ln(2)(CO3)(3)
JF  - Journal of rare earths
N2  - The formation of secondary Ln(III) solid phases (e.g., Nd-2(CO3)(3) and Sm-2(CO3)(3)) was studied as a function of the humic acid concentration in 0.1 mol/L NaClO4 aqueous solution in the neutral pH range (5-6.5). The solid phases under investigation were prepared by alkaline precipitation under 100% CO2 atmosphere and characterized by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS), diffuse reflectance ultraviolet-visible (DR-UV-Vis), Raman spectroscopy, and solubility measurements. The spectroscopic data obtained indicated that Nd-2(CO3)(3) and Sm-2(CO3)(3) were stable and remained the solubility limiting solid phases even in the presence of increased humic acid concentration (0.5 g/L) in solution. Upon base addition in the Ln(III)-HA system, decomplexation of the previously formed Ln(III)-humate complexes and precipitation of two distinct phases occurred, the inorganic (Ln(2)(CO3)(3)) and the organic phase (HA), which was adsorbed on the particle surface of the former. Nevertheless, humic acid affected the particle size of the solid phases. Increasing humic acid concentration resulted in decreasing crystallite size of the Nd-2(CO3)(3) and increasing crystallite size of the Sm-2(CO3)(3) solid phase, and affected inversely the solubility of the solid phases. However, this impact on the solid phase properties was expected to be of minor relevance regarding the chemical behavior and migration of trivalent lanthanides and actinides in the geosphere.
KW  - lanthanide ions
KW  - humic acid
KW  - solid phase
KW  - solubility
KW  - Raman
KW  - TRLFS
KW  - DR-UV-Vis
KW  - rare earths
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0721(10)60490-5
SN  - 1002-0721
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SP  - 516
EP  - 521
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
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  - http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/CP/index.asp
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/B922591a
SN  - 1463-9076
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Balischewski, Christian
A1  - Choi, Hyung-Seok
A1  - Behrens, Karsten
A1  - Beqiraj, Alkit
A1  - Körzdörfer, Thomas
A1  - Gessner, Andre
A1  - Wedel, Armin
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Metal sulfide nanoparticle synthesis with ionic liquids state of the art and future perspectives
JF  - ChemistryOpen
N2  - Metal sulfides are among the most promising materials for a wide variety of technologically relevant applications ranging from energy to environment and beyond. Incidentally, ionic liquids (ILs) have been among the top research subjects for the same applications and also for inorganic materials synthesis. As a result, the exploitation of the peculiar properties of ILs for metal sulfide synthesis could provide attractive new avenues for the generation of new, highly specific metal sulfides for numerous applications. This article therefore describes current developments in metal sulfide nano-particle synthesis as exemplified by a number of highlight examples. Moreover, the article demonstrates how ILs have been used in metal sulfide synthesis and discusses the benefits of using ILs over more traditional approaches. Finally, the article demonstrates some technological challenges and how ILs could be used to further advance the production and specific property engineering of metal sulfide nanomaterials, again based on a number of selected examples.
KW  - Ionic liquids
KW  - ionic liquid crystals
KW  - ionic liquid precursors
KW  - metal
KW  - sulfides
KW  - catalysis
KW  - electrochemistry
KW  - energy materials
KW  - LED
KW  - solar
KW  - cells
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202000357
SN  - 2191-1363
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
SP  - 272
EP  - 295
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Xie, Zai-Lai
A1  - Xu, Hai-Bing
A1  - Gessner, Andre
A1  - Kumke, Michael Uwe
A1  - Priebe, Magdalena
A1  - Fromm, Katharina M.
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - A transparent, flexible, ion conductive, and luminescent PMMA ionogel based on a Pt/Eu bimetallic complex and the ionic liquid [Bmim][N(Tf)(2)]
JF  - Journal of materials chemistry
N2  - Transparent, ion-conducting, luminescent, and flexible ionogels based on the room temperature ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl) imide [Bmim][N(Tf)(2)], a PtEu2 chromophore, and poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) have been prepared. The thermal stability of the PMMA significantly increases with IL incorporation. In particular, the onset weight loss observed at ca. 229 degrees C for pure PMMA increases to 305 degrees C with IL addition. The ionogel has a high ionic conductivity of 10(-3) S cm(-1) at 373 K and exhibits a strong emission in the red with a long average luminescence decay time of tau = 890 mu s. The resulting material is a new type of soft hybrid material featuring useful thermal, optical, and ion transport properties.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2jm15862k
SN  - 0959-9428
VL  - 22
IS  - 16
SP  - 8110
EP  - 8116
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -