title: Eu(III)-cyclen-phen conjugate as a luminescent copper sensor: the formation of mixed polymetallic macrocyclic complexes in water.
abstract: The cationic cyclen based Eu(III)-phen conjugated 1.Eu was synthesised as a chemosensor for Cu(II), where the recognition in water at pH 7.4 gave rise to quenching of the Eu(III) luminescence and the formation of tetranuclear polymetallic Cu(II)-Eu(III) macrocyclic complexes in solution where Cu(II) was bound by three 1.Eu conjugates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. gunnlaut@tcd.ie
authors.forename: Thorfinnur
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gunnlaugsson
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: Katell
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sénéchal
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Harte