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Coordination Compounds of Lanthanides as Materials for Luminescent Turn Off Sensors
This review aims at describing the possible use of lanthanide coordination compounds as materials for luminescent sensors now more necessary due to the continuous requirements from the society of electroluminescent and lighting devices, for example analytical sensors and imaging instruments. This is the first part of a work describing the photophysical foundations of the luminescence of complex compounds of lanthanides in the context of design materials with a sensory response, and also considers in detail materials with the most common type of response - turn off sensors.
Part of the book: Rare Earth Elements
Luminescent Materials with Turn-on and Ratiometric Sensory Response Based on Coordination Compounds of Lanthanides
Luminescent lanthanide complexes serve as a unique set of tools for creating sensory materials. The most significant types of sensory response in such materials are the turn-on/off response, when the analyte causes an increase or decrease in the emission intensity, respectively, as well as the ratiometric response, which manifests itself as a change in the ratio of luminescence intensities at different wavelengths. In this paper, we consider two of the most technologically advanced types of luminescent sensor materials based on lanthanide compounds—“turn on” and ratiometric sensors. The production of such materials is not only of importance per their possible application but is especially interesting from a fundamental point of view, since their design requires the implementation of non-trivial solutions.
Part of the book: Rare Earth Elements