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Self-assembly of lacunary Dawson type polyoxometalates
and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) multilayer films:
photoluminescent and electrochemical behavior
Min Jianga, Enbo Wanga,*, Xiuli Wanga, Aiguo Wub, Zhenhui Kanga,Suoyuan Liana, Lin Xua, Zhuang Lib
aInstitute of Polyoxometalate Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University,
Changchun, Jilin 130024, PR ChinabState Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin 130022, PR China
Received in revised form 15 August 2004; accepted 15 August 2004
Available online 22 October 2004
Abstract
Ultrathin multilayer films containing a lacunary Dawson type polyoxometalate (POM) cluster K17[Ln(P2Mo17O61)2]
(LnPMo, Ln = Eu, Tb) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) have been prepared by electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly
(ELSA) method. The multilayer films have been characterized by UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, ellipsometry and atomic
force microscopy (AFM). The photoluminescent behavior of films at room temperature was investigated to show the Ln3+
characteristic emission pattern. The occurrence of photoluminescent activity confirms the potential applications in creating
luminescent materials. Additionally, the electrochemical behavior of multilayer films was studied and the growth of multilayer
films can be observed.
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PACS: 78.55; 82.80.F
Keywords: Polyoxometalates; Multilayers; Photoluminescence; Electrochemistry
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Applied Surface Science 242 (2005) 199–206
* Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Renming Road 138, Changchun, PR
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Fig. 1. (a) Chemical structures of the polyelectrolytes and
[Ln(P2Mo17O61)2]17� (Ln = Eu, Tb) clusters used in the work.
(b) Schematic diagram of the builtup of the multilayer assemblies
via alternate adsorption of cationic polyelectrolytes and anionic
[Ln(P2Mo17O61)2]17� clusters on substrates.
1. Introduction
Recently, the design and preparation of functional
thin-film materials and coatings with effective
control at nanoscale level have attracted considerable
interest. Some common methods have been adopted
to prepare such composite film materials with
potential applications, including electrochemical
method [1], Langmuir–Blodgett technique [2] and
electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly (ELSA)
[3]. Since Decher reported that the multilayer films
could be fabricated through the electrostatic inter-
action between polyelectrolytes, the ELSA technique
has been widely utilized [4]. Due to many advantages
of this method, such as easiness in fabrication,
independence of substrate size and topology, good
mechanical and chemical stability of the prepared
film, it has been recognized that the ELSA technique
is a powerful and versatile means for assembling
multicomposite supramolecular structures with a
good control over the layer composition and thick-
ness [5]. Up to now, many different multilayer
films, with nanocrystallites [6], colloidal particles
[7], metal [8], semiconductor [9], clay [10], protein
[11], metallosupramolecules [12] and other functional
components incorporated into polymer matrixes, have
been fabricated.
Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a still rapidly
growing class of compounds with various applications
ranging from catalysis to analytical chemistry and
medicine [13], which can be regarded as one of
extremely versatile inorganic entities for construction
of functionally active solids and the favorite candi-
dates to be transformed into nanometer-sized materi-
als. And that practical application of POMs in these
areas depends on the preparation of thin polyoxome-
talate-containing films. Hence, Ichinose et al. have
prepared ELSA films containing isopolymolybdate
{(NH4)4[Mo8O26]} [14]. Kurth and co-workers
[15,16] have also prepared polyelectrolyte multilayer
films containing novel molybdenum (VI) POM
clusters. Their results display that the ELSA technique
can be applied in fabricating multilayer films of
anionic POMs and cationic polyelectrolyte. However,
these reports focus mainly on the assembly process
and absorption mechanism of the composite films,
while the properties of these films as materials are
rarely reported [17].
In the recent years, since an intermolecular energy
transfer from the oxygen-to-metal charge-transfer
(O ! M CT) to a lanthanide cation can occur in the
POMs lattice, the photoluminescent behavior of
some POMs containing lanthanide cations was
investigated by Yamase and other groups [18–20].
By virtue of combining POMs with lanthanide
cations, it is possible to convert POMs into functional
components for practical applications [21]. There-
fore, we intentionally incorporated POMs containing
rare earth ion into multilayer films and investigated
their photoluminescent behavior. Lately, we have
fabricated photoluminescent multilayer films con-
sisting of the polyoxotungstoeuropate cluster K12-
[EuP5W30O110] and poly(allylamine hydrochloride)
by the ELSA technique [22]. Among such POMs,
rare-earth-containing lacunary Dawson type POMs
[Ln(P2Mo17O61)2]17� own a peculiar structure, in
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which the lanthanide cation is coordinated with two
P2Mo17O61 groups, whose axial lines are at about
908 with respect to each other. The Eu3+ ion lies in
the center of a slightly distorted square antiprism (see
Fig. 1a).
In this article, we report the preparation of ultrathin
multilayer films of POMs and polyelectrolyte by the
consecutive stepwise adsorption of sandwiched
K17[Ln(P2Mo17O61)2] (LnPMo, Ln = Eu, Tb) and
poly(allylamine hydrochloride). The multilayer films
have been characterized by UV–vis absorption
spectroscopy, ellipsometry and atomic force micro-
scopy (AFM). And we also investigated photolumi-
nescent properties and electrochemical behavior of
the multilayer films and found it would be applied in
material science.
2. Experimental details
2.1. Materials
Lacunary Dawson type polyoxometalates,
K17[Ln(P2Mo17O61)2]�nH2O (LnPMo, Ln = Eu, Tb),
were synthesized according to reference [23]. Poly(-
ethylenimine) (PEI; MW = 50,000), poly(styrenesul-
fonate) (PSS; MW = 70,000) and poly(allylamine
hydrochloride) (PAH; MW = 70,000) were purchased
from Aldrich and were used without further treatment
(chemical structures of three polyelectrolytes shown
in Fig. 1a). Sodium chloride (AR grade) was obtained
commercially and used. The pH was adjusted by
adding 0.1 M HCl aqueous solution. The water used in
all experiments was deionized with a resistivity of 17–
18 MV cm�1. The glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was
polished with 1.0- and 0.3-mm a-Al2O3 powders
successively and sonicated in water for about 3 min
after each polishing step. Finally, the electrodes were
sonicated in ethanol, washed with ethanol, and dried
with high-purity nitrogen stream immediately before
use.
2.2. Characterization of the films
UV–vis absorption spectra were recorded on a
quartz slide using a 756 CRT UV–vis spectro-
photometer. Ellipsometric data were acquired by
using an AUEL-III automated laser ellipsometer with
2 mW HeNe laser (l = 632.8 nm) light source and an
angle of incidence of 70 for silicon substrates. Atomic
force microscopy images were taken on silicon slides
using a Nanoscope III, an instrument (Digital
Instruments) operating in the contact mode with
silicon nitride tips. Typically, the surface was scanned
at 2 Hz with 512 lines per image resolution and �0.5
to 0 V set point. No filter technique was applied to the
images present. Photoluminescence spectra were
measured using FL-2T2 instrument (SPEX Corp;
USA) with a 450 W xenon lamp monochromatized by
a double-grating (1200 gratings mm�1). Cyclic vol-
tammetry was performed with a CHI 600 voltam-
metric analyzer in a conventional three-electrode
electrochemical cell using GCE as the working
electrode, twisted platinum wire as the auxiliary
electrode and Ag/AgCl as reference electrode.
2.3. Preparation of self-assembly films
The substrates (quartz and silicon) were cleaned by
immersion in the ‘‘piranha solution’’ containing three
parts H2O2 (30% aqueous solution) and seven parts oil
of vitriol (H2SO4) at 80 8C for 40 min and rinsed with
copious deionized water. Then, the substrate was
immersed in a solution of NH4OH (29% aqueous
solution), H2O2 (30% aqueous solution) and pure
water with a volume ratio 1:1:5 at 70 8C for 20 min,
followed by extensively washing with water. The
cleaned substrates were immersed in 10�2 M PEI
solution (based on the molecular weight of the
monomer unit, pH � 9.0) for 20 min, 10�2 M PSS
solution for 20 min and 10�2 M PAH solution (pH �4.0, containing 1 M NaCl) for 20 min, and then
alternate immersion in LnPMo (Ln = Eu, Tb) (10�3 M,
pH = 4–5) solution and PAH solution for 20 min,
respectively. Water rinsing and N2 drying steps were
performed after each adsorption cycle. This procedure
resulted in the builtup of multilayer films. According
to the literature [24], the electrochemical modification
of a glassy carbon electrode was performed in an
anhydrous ethanol solution containing 3 mM 4-
aminobenzoic acid (4-ABA) and 0.1 M LiClO4 by
scanning between 0 and +0.9 V (versus Ag/Ag+).
After the modification, the electrode was successively
rinsed with ethanol and deionized water and sonicated
for 10 min in water to remove the physically adsorbed
materials. Through the attachment of 4-ABA to GCE,
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Fig. 3. Effect of PAH solutions containing different NaCl concen-
a stable and negatively charged surface can be
achieved at pH > 3.1. The electrode was then
immersed alternately in an aqueous solution of
10�2 M PAH and 10�3 M TbPMo for 20 min,
respectively. Between each modification, the result
electrode was thoroughly washed with water and dried
with N2. All adsorption procedures were performed at
room temperature. Fig. 1b also shows schematically
the assembly process flow. Repetition of steps 4 and 5
produces the polyelectrolyte multilayer films contain-
ing LnPMo. The multilayer architectures can be
expressed as PEI/PSS/PAH/(LnPMo/PAH)n, where n
is the number of bilayers.
tration (0, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 M) on the growth of (LnPMo/PAH)12multilayer films.
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Assembly and characterization of multilayer
films
The buildup of multilayer films is influenced by
many factors, such as solution concentration, pH,
ionic strength and adsorption time. From the former
results, it can be concluded that higher solution
concentration benefits more adsorption quantity [25].
Therefore, we chose 10�3 M LnPMo solution and
10�2 M PAH solution. Since LnPMo is stable in the
pH = 3–5 [23], the pH of polyelectrolyte PAH is
important for the fabrication of (LnPMo/PAH)n
multilayer films. So the pH of PAH was adjusted to
ca. 4.0. With respect to the influence of adsorption
time, it can be seen that 20 min is the optimum
adsorption time from Fig. 2, the adsorption of
Fig. 2. Absorbance variation of an LnPMo monolayer on the PEI/
PSS/PAH substrates, with immersion periods of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and
30 min.
monolayer was saturated at this stage. In order to
investigate the effect of ionic strength on the
multilayer growth, we chose four 10�2 M PAH
solutions, containing 0, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 M NaCl,
respectively. Fig. 3 gives the dependence of growth
step on ionic strength. Obviously, more LnPMo is
adsorbed on the polyelectrolyte at higher ionic
strength after every dipping step. Regular film growth
was found for all cases, but the magnitude of the
growth step increased with increasing ionic strength.
We proposed that, at high ionic strength, the PAH
adsorbs at the interface in a more condensed and
coiled conformation, and parts of LnPMo anions both
adsorb at the top of the PAH interface and also diffuse
into the PAH layer. However, at low ionic strength,
LnPMo anions only adsorb at the top of the PAH
interface [25]. In addition, it is necessary to rinse the
films with water and then dry with nitrogen after each
adsorption step. Based on the condition mentioned
above, highly reproducible and homogeneous films
can be obtained.
UV–vis spectroscopy is a useful technique and has
been used to monitor the growth process of multi-
layers. Fig. 4 shows the absorption spectra of (TbPMo/
PAH)n (with n = 0–12) multilayer films deposited on a
precursor PEI/PSS/PAH film on quartz substrates. The
absorption band at 225 nm for the precursor film is due
to the benzene chromophores in PSS. PAH does not
absorb above 200 nm, and therefore, its presence in
the film is not reflected in the absorption spectra [14].
The UV–vis spectrum of an aqueous LnPMo solution
indicates two characteristic absorption bands at 200
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Fig. 4. UV–vis spectra of (TbPMo/PAH)n multilayers films with n =
0–12 on PEI/PSS/PAH-modified quartz substrates (both sides).
These curves, from bottom to top, correspond to n = 0–12, respec-
tively. The dash curve presents the spectrum of TbPMo solution. The
inset displays the absorbance growth at 200 and 260 nm as a function
of the number of TbPMo/PAH bilayers.
and 260 nm, which can be applied to monitor the film
growth. However, we cannot see the absorption peak
at 260 nm in the multilayer films from Fig. 4. It can be
explained that the content of LnPMo in the film is very
low and absorption peak is very weak. However, if
LnPMo was kept as outermost layer (PAH is outermost
layer in the article), the absorption peak at 260 nm can
be seen distinctly. It indicated that some loss of
LnPMo occurred at each step of PAH deposition. As
shown in the inset of Fig. 4, the absorbance values, for
(TbPMo/PAH)n multilayer films with n = 0–12, varied
linearly with n at two wavelengths (200 and 260 nm).
In the case of the (EuPMo/PAH)n multilayer films,
similar absorption spectra and linear variation of
values with layer numbers have also been observed
(not shown). The above discussion shows that an
approximately equal amount of LnPMo is deposited
for each adsorption procedure, and that (LnPMo/
PAH)n multilayer films grow uniformly with each
deposition cycle. Therefore, it is concluded that the
deposition process is very consistent and highly
reproducible. Additionally, it is found that the
absorbance values for the first LnPMo/PAH bilayer
are larger than the following bilayer, indicating a
greater amount of LnPMo deposited onto the
precursor PEI/PSS/PAH at the beginning. It has been
explained that the polyanions can penetrate into
polyelectrolyte layers. So there is no obvious interface
between the POMs and polyelectrolyte.
The surface density, G, of LnPMo on PAH surface
in the (LnPMo/PAH)n films can be calculated using
G ¼ ½ðAl=2Þe�1l NA 10�3, where Al is the absor-
bance of LnPMo in the film at given wavelength (l), elis the extinction coefficient of LnPMo in solution
(M�1 cm�1) at l, and NA is Avogadro’s number
[16,26]. Based on the absorbance values in the
wavelength range of 190–300 nm and the correspond-
ing molar extinction coefficients calculated from
the absorption spectrum of the aqueous LnPMo
solution, the average surface concentration of LnPMo
per bilayer is 3.2 1013 clusters per cm2. This
corresponds to an average area per LnPMo of 3.1 nm2.
The number of clusters in unit area is affected by many
factors, including the processing and type of the
substrate, the concentration of the solution, the
nature of the polyanion and the adsorption time
[27]. Since the difference between the radius of Eu3+
and radius of Tb3+ is very small, under the same
experimental conditions, their surface densities are
almost equal.
From ellipsometry, it can be seen that the thickness
of the multilayered structure increases linearly with
the number of bilayers, and deposition is very
reproducible and film growth is essentially uniform.
The average film thickness for the LnPMo/PAH
bilayer is about 3.0 nm.
AFM can provide further detailed information
involving the surface morphology and the homo-
geneity of the deposited films down to nanometer
scale. So the topography of silicon-supported
(LnPMo/PAH)n films was also investigated by AFM
in tapping mode, which provided insight into the
internal structure of the multilayers. Fig. 5a shows
typical AFM image taken from the precursor PEI/PSS/
PAH film on silicon slide. From this image, it can be
observed that the outermost PAH surface layer on the
precursor film is uniform and smooth, with a mean
roughness of 0.5 nm from an area of 2.0 mm 2.0 mm. But after adsorption of TbPMo, followed by
adsorption of a PAH surface layer, the mean roughness
of surface has increased to 2.3 nm (as shown in
Fig. 5b), which is three times larger than that of the
precursor film (the mean roughness of EuPMo surface
reached 2.3 nm). In addition, AFM images of the
sample show a multitude of small domains. The
domains display a round shape with the diameter along
the horizontal axis of ca. 20–30 nm. Furthermore, both
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Fig. 5. AFM images of (a) a PEI/PSS/PAH layer on silicon wafer
and (b) a bilayer TbPMo/PAH on PEI/PSS/PAH substrates.
Fig. 6. Photoluminescent spectra of (TbPMo/PAH)20 multilayer
films on quartz.
Fig. 7. Photoluminescent spectra of (EuPMo/PAH)20 multilayer
films on quartz.
topography and packing of LnPMo nanoclusters can
repeat in subsequent layers. Particularly, one needs to
point out that the multilayer containing LnPMo
nanoclusters can be considered as a very homoge-
neous composite material, which does not have
obvious interfaces between the polyelectrolyte and
inorganic component.
3.2. Photoluminescent properties of multilayer films
The excitation spectrum of the solution of the
K17[Tb(P2Mo17O61)2] at 586 nm shows an obvious
peak at 280 nm. So we chose 280 nm as excitation
wavelength to get the emission spectrum of the
K17[Tb(P2Mo17O61)2] solution. Then, we investi-
gated photoluminescent spectrum of the (TbPMo/
PAH)20 multilayer films on quartz substrate which
was excited at the wavelength of 280 nm at room
temperature (as shown in Fig. 6). As shown in the
spectrum, the most intense bands at 547 nm
correspond to the 5D4 ! 7F5. Bands at 492 nm
ascribed to 5D4 ! 7F6 emission transition. The other
two bands at 585 and 622 nm are assigned to the5D4 ! 7F4 and 5D4 ! 7F3, respectively. These bands
correspond to the characteristic 5D4 ! 7FJ (J = 3–6)
transition of Tb3+ ions [21]. For (TbPMo/PAH)20
multilayer films, photoluminescent spectrum exhibits
multiple peak structure, which is very similar to that
found in the TbPMo solution. It again confirms that
the structure of TbPMo is not changed in the film and
TbPMo can exist in the film stably. On account of the
low content and low fluorescence efficiency of
TbPMo, the finer structure is not revealed in the
multilayer films spectrum. In the same way, we
investigated photoluminescent spectrum of the
(EuPMo/PAH)20 multilayer films on quartz substrate
which was excited at the wavelength of 394 nm at
room temperature (as shown in Fig. 7). The Eu3+
characteristic emission pattern can be observed,
which consists of two 5D0 ! 7F1 (591 and 597nm),
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two 5D0 ! 7F2 (617 and 621 nm), one 5D0 ! 7F3
(652 nm) and one 5D0 ! 7F4 (701 nm) [28,29].
According to Fig. 1, in the structure of EuPMo, the
Eu3+ ion lies in the center of a slightly distorted
square antiprism. Because the 5D0 ! 7F2 emission is
very sensitive to deviations from D4d symmetry, so
the 5D0 ! 7F2 intensity is stronger than others in the
EuPMo with its angled configuration [28]. The
occurrence of photoluminescent activity confirms
the potential for creating luminescent multilayer films
with POMs and their use as functional components
may be achieved by adjusting the thickness, composi-
tion and structure of the multilayer films.
3.3. Electrochemical behavior of multilayer films
We built up POM-containing multilayer films on the
electrodes in order to study their electrochemical
behavior. By means of electrochemical measurements,
we can also see the growth of the (LnPMo/PAH)n
multilayer films. Here, we only give the results of
(TbPMo/PAH)n multilayer films due to comparability
with (EuPMo/PAH)n multilayer films. Fig. 8 displays
cyclic voltammograms of (TbPMo/PAH)n multilayers
(with n = 0.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5) assembled on glassy
carbon electrode coated by 4-aminobenzoic acid. It is
obvious that the peak currents increase with increasing
number of bilayers and multilayer films exhibit three
reversible redox waves at 0.239, 0.127 and �0.060 V,
Fig. 8. Cyclic voltammograms of (TbPMo/PAH)n multilayers (with
n = 0.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5 from inside to outside, that is to say, the
outermost layer is TbPMo) assembled on glassy carbon electrode
(GCE) in aqueous 0.5 mM NaHSO4. Scan rate: 100 mV s�1. The
dash curve shows the cyclic voltammograms of TbPMo solution in
0.5 mM NaHSO4.
withDEpvaluesof56,53and60 mV,respectively,which
are similar to the result of the TbPMo solution [23]. The
three reversible redoxpeakscorrespondtoreductionand
oxidationthroughtwo-,four-andsix-electronprocesses,
respectively. Moreover, each additional deposition of
PAH/TbPMostill results in the reductionpeakpotentials
for the three redox waves shifting to more negative
values while the corresponding oxidation peak poten-
tials shift to more positive values. The above experi-
mental results show that LnPMo anions and PAH can be
fabricated on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode by
ELSAmethod basedonelectrostatic interaction. Inview
of POMs having excellent electrocatalysis, many
researchers have studied the electrocatalytic properties
of POMs-containing multilayer films [30,31]. As for the
electrocatalytic function of (LnPMo/PAH)n multilayer
films, we are in further research.
4. Conclusions
In this paper, we have demonstrated the assembly
process of (LnPMo/PAH)n multilayer films on the
solid substrates via the ELSA method. The photo-
luminescent properties of the multilayer films are of
potential importance to the fabrication of luminescent
multilayer films containing lanthanide-cation POMs.
The electrochemical behavior of the multilayer films
further proves the feasibility of multilayer films
forming. By means of investigating of photolumines-
cent properties and electrochemical behavior of
multilayer films, it is found that the films would be
applied in material sciences.
Acknowledgements
This project was financially supported by the
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.
20171010). We thank Mr. Hongyu Zhang for his
helpful and constructive discussions during prepara-
tion of the manuscript.
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