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Back Cover: Efficient Luminescence from Fluorene‐ and Spirobifluorene‐Based Lanthanide Complexes upon Near‐Visible Irradiation (Chem. Eur. J. 16/2014)
Author(s) -
Bottaro Gregorio,
Rizzo Fabio,
Cavazzini Marco,
Armelao Lidia,
Quici Silvio
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490066
Subject(s) - lanthanide , luminescence , fluorene , europium , photochemistry , excitation wavelength , materials science , irradiation , cover (algebra) , brightness , solubility , excitation , wavelength , chemistry , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , polymer , optics , organic chemistry , physics , ion , mechanical engineering , nuclear physics , engineering , composite material , quantum mechanics
The development of luminescent lanthanide complexes with improved brightness and stability holds great promise for the production of new multifunctional probes for biochemical and biomedical purposes. From the practical point of view, the shift of the excitation wavelength from medium UV towards the visible region is fundamental to make the luminophores optically compatible with low‐cost polymeric materials. In addition to these features, the fluorene‐ and spirobifluorene‐based europium antenna complexes presented herein exhibit high color purity and water solubility, and are clearly detectable in very diluted solutions (ca. 10 p M ). For more details, see the Full Paper on page 4598 ff. by L. Armelao and S. Quici et al.