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SUBMITTER: Moore EG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3173471 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Inorganic chemistry 20101101 21
The synthesis, stability, and photophysical properties of several Eu(III) complexes featuring the 1-hydroxypyridin-2-one (1,2-HOPO) chelate group in tetradentate and octadentate ligands are reported. These complexes pair highly efficient emission with exceptional stabilities (pEu ∼ 20.7-21.8) in aqueous solution at pH 7.4. Further analysis of their solution behavior has shown the observed luminescence intensity is significantly diminished below about pH ∼ 6 because of an apparent quenching mecha ...[more]