Issue 3, 2015

Bimetallic lanthanide complexes that display a ratiometric response to oxygen concentrations

Abstract

A pair of hetero-bimetallic lanthanide complexes containing terbium and europium ions have been prepared by coupling kinetically stable complexes together using an Ugi methodology to incorporate a naphthyl chromophore. Both complexes exhibit emission from terbium and europium in solution. The terbium centred emission varies with dissolved oxygen concentration, while the europium intensity remains essentially constant in one of the complexes.

Graphical abstract: Bimetallic lanthanide complexes that display a ratiometric response to oxygen concentrations

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
10 Dec 2014
Accepted
12 Jan 2015
First published
12 Jan 2015
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 2054-2059

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Bimetallic lanthanide complexes that display a ratiometric response to oxygen concentrations

T. J. Sørensen, A. M. Kenwright and S. Faulkner, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 2054 DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03827D

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