Preparation of Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Luminescent Thin Solid Films with Highly Concentrated Laser-dye Cations

Abstract To develop solid materials with high luminescence, the preparation of laser-dye rhodamine 6G (R6G)/clay hybrid thin solid films with surfactant molecules as aggregation suppressors was investigated. Dodecyltrimethylammonium cations were found to be very effective for inhibiting dye aggregation in the clay interlayer space. Consequently, this material showed light emission from the R6G monomer.