Modification of the luminescence spectra of chloro (tetrapyridylcyclotetramine) europium complexes by fine tuning of the Eu–Cl distance with outer-sphere counterions …

…, M Watanabe, Y Yamanoi, H Nishihara

Index: Wada, Atsushi; Watanabe, Masayuki; Yamanoi, Yoshinori; Nishihara, Hiroshi Chemical Communications, 2008 , # 14 p. 1671 - 1673

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Abstract

Eu 3+ complexes have attracted considerable interest because of their fascinating luminescence properties (high color purity and long lifetimes) and their potential application to luminescence devices (luminescent probes and biological sensors). 1 To improve the luminescence of the Eu 3+ complexes, numerous studies have attempted to design ligands containing a transition band with large ε, which could populate the excited states of the Eu 3+ ion and also ...