Studyonfluorescencecharacteristicofquercetinnanoporousanodicaluminumoxidecomposites.docVIP

Study on fluorescence characteristic of quercetin - nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide composites Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO), its average diameters of porous were 50 nm, was obtained by two-step electrochemical anodization aluminum process. Highly ordered luminescence arrays formed by filling AAO nanopores with quercetin molecules has been studied by fluorescent spectroscopy in this work. AAO showed stronger adsorption capability of quercetin than Al3+-quercetin complex. The mechanism may be physical and chemical adsorption all together. Meanwhile, red shift of the maximum fluorescence peak of quercetin in AAO was observed. The molecular assemblies in the nanopore array are highly ordered and the fluorescence polarization dependence indicates a preferred molecular orientation along the pore axis. This maybe explains the mechanism of molecular luminescence depending on its environment. KEYWORDS: Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide; Quercetin; Fluorescence Characteristic INTRODUCTION Since the surprising special performances of nanometer materials were found, there were many nanometer material fabricated by scientists and engineers and their properties in mechanics, electromagnetism, optics and other physical and chemical characters were investigated in detail [1-2]. Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) was used broadly to make else nanometer materials as template. The size of nanohole can be controlled by adjusting the height of voltage in types of anodizing solutions. In the past decade, photochemical properties of dye adsorbed in porous silicon, sol-gel, and porous alumina matrices [3-5] have been studied. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the study of organic-inorganic nanocomposites for fluorescence properties. New materials in nonlinear optics, solid organic lasers, and optical data storage [5, 15-17] always attract people’s attention. There are two theses on nano-particles as fluorescent biological labels for ultra sensitive unconventional