Colloidal suspensions of highly luminescent lanthanide-based coordination polymer molecular alloys for ink-jet printing and tagging of technical liquids

Highly luminescent and color-tunable stable colloidal suspensions of molecular alloys are reported. They are produced via a green synthetic route in ethanol medium. The mean hydrodynamic diameter of the colloids is about 140 nm and the colloidal suspensions are stable for more than a month. The opti...

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Published in:Inorganic chemistry frontiers 2021-04, Vol.8 (8), p.2125-2135
Main Authors: Pointel, Youenn, Daiguebonne, Carole, Suffren, Yan, Francois Le Natur, Freslon, Stéphane, Calvez, Guillaume, Bernot, Kevin, Jacob, David, Guillou, Olivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Alloys
Colloids
Color
Coordination polymers
Crystals
Diameters
Diffraction patterns
Emission spectra
Ethanol
Inkjet printing
Inorganic chemistry
Liquids
Marking
Optical measurement
Optical properties
Printers (data processing)
Solvents
Spectral emissivity
Spectrum analysis
X ray powder diffraction
X-ray diffraction
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Summary:Highly luminescent and color-tunable stable colloidal suspensions of molecular alloys are reported. They are produced via a green synthetic route in ethanol medium. The mean hydrodynamic diameter of the colloids is about 140 nm and the colloidal suspensions are stable for more than a month. The optical properties of the molecular alloy suspensions and their bulk counterparts are extremely similar. To the best of our knowledge, this series of suspensions constitutes the first example of hetero-lanthanide coordination polymer molecular alloy (LnCPMA)-based colloidal suspensions with sizeable luminescence intensity and a wide range of accessible colors. This high color tunability paves the road toward tagging of technical liquids. We also demonstrate that they can be used in ink-jet printers for luminescent anti-counterfeiting tagging.
ISSN:2052-1545
2052-1553
DOI:10.1039/d1qi00060h