Synthesis and characterization of poly(methyl methacrylate) co-doped with Tb(tmhd)3 - Rhodamine B for luminescent optical fiber applications

G Lesly Jiménez; Ciro Falcony; Magdalena Szumera; Piotr Jeleń; Magdalena Leśniak; Marcin Kochanowicz; Jacek Żmojda; Dominik Dorosz; Piotr Miluski

doi:10.1016/j.saa.2019.117893

Synthesis and characterization of poly(methyl methacrylate) co-doped with Tb(tmhd)₃ - Rhodamine B for luminescent optical fiber applications

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2020 Mar 15:229:117893. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117893. Epub 2019 Dec 5.

Authors

G Lesly Jiménez¹, Ciro Falcony², Magdalena Szumera³, Piotr Jeleń³, Magdalena Leśniak³, Marcin Kochanowicz⁴, Jacek Żmojda⁴, Dominik Dorosz³, Piotr Miluski⁴

Affiliations

¹ Doctoral Program in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, 2508 IPN Av., 07360 Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Ceramics and Refractories, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland. Electronic address: gljimenez@cinvestav.mx.
² Department of Physics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, 2508 IPN Av., 07360 Mexico City, Mexico.
³ Department of Ceramics and Refractories, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.
⁴ Department of Power Engineering, Photonics and Lighting Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45D, 15-351, Poland.

PMID: 31836399
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117893

Abstract

Currently, there is a growing interest in the development of multi-colored materials based on the combination of two or more systems (organic or inorganic) as a strategy to take advantage of their combined physical or chemical properties. These multi-colored materials have found potential applications as sensors, amplifiers, and optical fibers. In this work, the physical characteristics of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) doped with Terbium(III)-tris-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionate) (Tb(tmhd)₃) at 1.57-1.58 mmol and Rhodamine B (RhB) at different concentrations were analyzed. The emission obtained from these samples (multichromophoric samples) varied as function of RhB concentration due to an efficient energy transfer process (33-65%). The role of PMMA as inert matrix that assists in the recombination process was confirmed by FTIR and Raman spectra analysis. Moreover, an improvement in thermal resistance of the materials was observed due to the presence of the dopants during the polymerization process.