Selective activation of lanthanide luminescence with triarylboron-functionalized ligands and visual fluoride
Maria Varlan1, Barry A Blight, Suning Wang
1Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6.
Abstract:
Two triarylboron-functionalized carboxylate ligands have been found to be highly effective in selective activation of Tb(III) and Eu(III) emission and enable the use of the Tb(III) and Eu(III) complexes as highly effective luminescent indicators for F(-) and CN(-) in solution and on a solid substrate.
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