title: Quantification of C-H quenching in near-IR luminescent ytterbium and neodymium cryptates.
abstract: Two series of selectively deuterated cryptates with the lanthanoids Yb and Nd have been synthesized, and the luminescence lifetimes for the corresponding near-IR emission bands have been measured. Global fitting of these lifetime data combined with structural analysis allows for the accurate quantification of the contributions of individual C-H oscillators groups in the ligand to the nonradiative deactivation rates of the emissive lanthanoid states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bischof
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wahsner
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scholten
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trosien
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seitz