Sensitised luminescence in lanthanide containing arrays and d-f hybrids.
Sensitised luminescence from lanthanide complexes offers many potential advantages in imaging and assay, particularly when coupled with time-gating protocols that can be used to gate out background signal. In this perspective, we discuss the routes by which lanthanide arrays and polymetallic d-f hybrids can be prepared by conventional synthesis and self-assembly, and discuss and evaluate the possibilities for exploiting and evaluating the intermediates in the sensitisation process, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms of energy transfer.
Faulkner
Stephen
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University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UKOX1 3TA. Stephen.Faulkner@chem.ox.ac.uk
Natrajan
Louise S
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Perry
William S
WS
Sykes
Daniel
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D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements / Q000737:chemistry*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements; D009942:Organometallic Compounds