Generating a warm glow: Lanthanide complexes which luminesce in the near-IR
This article reviews and expands upon our observations of neodymium and ytterbium-centered luminescence in the near-IR. A variety of neodymium (III) and ytterbium (III) complexes with aminocarboxylate ligands was synthesized and their photophysical properties were investigated in aqueous solutions....
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1999
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| Summary: | This article reviews and expands upon our observations of neodymium and ytterbium-centered luminescence in the near-IR. A variety of neodymium (III) and ytterbium (III) complexes with aminocarboxylate ligands was synthesized and their photophysical properties were investigated in aqueous solutions. Metal-centered emission was observed in the near-IR for complexes of both ions and time-resolved studies were used to show how quenching of the excited states is dependent on both inner and outer sphere coordinated water molecules. i ©1999 Plenum Publishing Corporation. |
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