Lanthanide luminescence for functional materials and bio-sciences

SV Eliseeva, JCG Bünzli - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent startling interest for lanthanide luminescence is stimulated by the continuously
expanding need for luminescent materials meeting the stringent requirements of …

Enhanced two‐photon absorption of organic chromophores: theoretical and experimental assessments

F Terenziani, C Katan, E Badaeva, S Tretiak… - Advanced …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Functional organic materials with enhanced two‐photon absorption lead to new
technologies in the fields of chemistry, biology, and photonics. In this article we review …

Charge instability in quadrupolar chromophores: Symmetry breaking and solvatochromism

F Terenziani, A Painelli, C Katan… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We present a joint theoretical and experimental work aimed to understand the spectroscopic
behavior of multipolar dyes of interest for nonlinear optics (NLO) applications. In particular …

Making sense of lanthanide luminescence

MHV Werts - Science progress, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The luminescence of trivalent lanthanide ions has found applications in lighting, lasers,
optical telecommunications, medical diagnostics, and various other fields. This introductory …

Transition-metal sensitised near-infrared luminescence from lanthanides in d–f heteronuclear arrays

MD Ward - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
This review summarises recent work from several groups on the preparation and
photophysical properties of d–f heteronuclear assemblies in which a strongly light absorbing …

Long-lived two-photon excited luminescence of water-soluble europium complex: applications in biological imaging using two-photon scanning microscopy

A Picot, A d'Aléo, PL Baldeck, A Grichine… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A new europium complex presenting good solubility and stability in water, intense emission
in the red (616 nm), long luminescence lifetime, and significant two-photon absorption cross …

Sensitized luminescence from lanthanides in d–f bimetallic complexes

FF Chen, ZQ Chen, ZQ Bian, CH Huang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
This article reviews progress in the research of transition metal–lanthanide (d–f) bimetallic
complexes. Through efficient energy transfer, sensitized luminescence of lanthanide ions …

Recent advances in the sensitized luminescence of organic europium complexes

Y Ma, Y Wang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper, recent advances in the synthesis, mechanism of sensitized emission, and
luminescent properties of organic lanthanide complexes are reviewed. Stress is put on the …

Efficient sensitization of europium, ytterbium, and neodymium functionalized tris-dipicolinate lanthanide complexes through tunable charge-transfer excited states

A D'aléo, A Picot, A Beeby, JA Gareth Williams… - Inorganic …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A series of push− pull donor-π-conjugated dipicolinic acid ligands and related tris-
dipicolinate europium and lutetium complexes have been prepared. The ligands present …

The Synthesis and One‐and Two‐Photon Optical Properties of Dipolar, Quadrupolar and Octupolar Donor–Acceptor Molecules Containing Dimesitylboryl Groups

JC Collings, SY Poon, C Le Droumaguet… - … A European Journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Two series of related donor–acceptor conjugated dipolar, pseudo‐quadrupolar (V‐shaped)
and octupolar molecular systems based on the p‐dimesitylborylphenylethynylaniline core …