Reply to the Comment on 'Photoluminescence Study of the Introduction of V in Si-MCM-41: Role of Surface Defects and Their Associated SiO- and SiOH Groups'

摘要

We have read Stiegman's comment1 on our paper.2 His main points of contention concern (1) the assignment of the vibrational transition of the C_(3v) pseudotetrahedral V species present in V-substituted mesoporous sieves (V-MCM-41) to the terminal V=O stretch and (2) the assignment of the emission bands at 420-620 nm to surface defects associated with SiO~- and/or SiOH groups.