Synthesis and fluorescent properties of europium–polymer complexes containing 1,10-phenanthroline

In this paper, 5-acrylamido-1,10-phenanthroline (AP) was synthesized, then the luminescence material containing Eu–polymer complexes were obtained by two methods. The polymer structure and properties were characterized by FT-IR, UV, fluorescence spectra, DSC, GPC, ICP and XRD. Compared with the two methods the rare earth ions-containing polymers, we obtained copolymer B by the second one that had high and stable fluorescence intensity with the Eu content 0.31%. Comparing the two results via different methods, we have set down the useful basement for the study of the luminescence material containing Eu–polymer complexes.