Preparation and characterization of Schiff base Cu(II) complex and its applications on textile materials

AutoTech;Eventora;Rieter;Saco;Showroom1017th World Textile Conference: Shaping the Future of Textiles, AUTEX 2017 -- 29 May 2017 through 31 May 2017 -- -- 131781Schiff base ligands are regarded as an important class of organic compounds on account of the fact that their complexation ability with transition metal ions. A new monomeric Schiff base Cu(II) complex, [Cu(HL)2], 1 [H2L = 2-((E)-(2-hydroxypropylimino)methyl)-4-nitrophenol] has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, UV and IR spectroscopy, single crystal X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence study. While the Schiff base ligand and its Cu(II) complex are excited at ?ex = 349 nm in UV region, the Schiff base ligand shows a blue emission band at ?max = 480 nm whereas its Cu(II) complex shows a strong green emission band at ?max = 520 nm in the solid state at room temperature. The luminescent properties showed that the Schiff base ligand and its Cu(II) complex can be used as novel potential candidates for applications in textile such as UV-protection, antimicrobial, laundry and functional bleaching treatments. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd