Abstract

Bitumen (BIT) is an oil sub-product with many applications. A variety of literature reports the analysis of its optical properties, as the fluorescence and the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) optical transmittance (OT). We have performed photoluminescence (PL) on the visible region of the spectrum and OT on the visible-NIR in solutions of BIT in toluene at different concentrations. The results revealed a nonlinear, concentration-dependent effect attributed to intermolecular solvent–solute interactions. PL analysis of pure BIT as a function of the temperature and the laser pumping power pointed to the existence of nanosized crystalline inclusions on the amorphous BIT matrix with noticeable optical properties. The inference was confronted with the results of X-ray diffraction studies and literature reports. The possibility of the occurrence of a quantum size effect governing the luminescence is considered.

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