Spectroscopy of new Sm(III) orange emitting phosphors of the type Na[Sm(SP)4], Na[Sm(WO)4] (where SP = C6H5S(O)2NP(O)(OCH3)2−; WO = CCl3C(O)NP(O)(OCH3)2−) and the polymeric materials obtained on their base

Two types of new Sm(III) chelates; phosphoro and sulfono-derivatives of beta-diketones and polymeric materials on their base were obtained and characterized by the high resolution photoluminescence spectroscopy at 293, 77 and 4 K, as well as by luminescence decay times. Those new type of phosphors shows strong orange emission after excitation at 404 nm Sm(III) states and 280 nm ligand bands. Radiative transition probabilities were calculated from absorption spectra and Judd- Ofelt parameters evaluated. Effects of the temperature, rigidity of polymeric lattice and the energy of excitation on intensities of the Sm(III) fluorescence were studied. The paths of energy transfer are analysed and mechanism of this process is proposed.