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An inhibit (INH) molecular logic gate based on 1,8-naphthalimide-sensitised europium luminescence
Miguel de Sousa1, Marek Kluciar, Sergio Abad
1REQUIMTE/Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
Abstract:
A novel molecular logic gate with inhibit (INH) function has been developed, based on oxygen and a threshold europium concentration as input information and long-lived red europium luminescence as output signal.
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