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Photophysics and Electrochemiluminescence of Bright Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes in Aqueous Solutions
Jesus M Fernandez-Hernandez1, Elena Longhi1, Robert Cysewski2
1Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität , Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Abstract:
A family of neutral bis-cyclometalated iridium complexes [Ir(C^N)2(LX)] has been investigated as ECL labels under immunoassay conditions. Among them, the complex based on phenylphenanthridine (pphent) as the C^N ligand, exhibits outstanding performance and it is a candidate to substitute the commercially available Ru-based label in diagnostics.
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