title: Synergistic fluorescence enhancement of Tb with aromatic monocarboxylic acids and TOPO-Triton X-100: role of Triton X-100 in synergism.
abstract: Fluorescence enhancement of Tb3+ has been studied, using substituted benzoic acids as ligands. These ligands enhance the fluorescence of Tb3+ by about three orders of magnitude. The enhancement is observed due to ligand sensitized fluorescence. The fluorescence of Tb3+ in these complexes is synergistically enhanced by the addition of trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) in Triton X-100. The synergism displayed by TOPO was observed only when Triton X-100 micellar medium was used. TOPO dissolved in SDS/DTAB micellar medium did not result in synergistic fluorescence enhancement of Tb3+. These observations are discussed in detail and the synergism displayed by TOPO is rationalized on the basis of the structure of the surfactants.
authors.affiliation: Reactor Operation Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India. bsp@igcar.ernet.in
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Panigrahi
mesh_terms: D001565:Benzoates / Q000737:chemistry*; D017830:Octoxynol / Q000737:chemistry*; D013725:Terbium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001565:Benzoates; D013725:Terbium; D017830:Octoxynol