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Lucile Bridou1, Loëza Collobert2, Kyangwi P Malikidogo3
1CNRS, ENS de Lyon, LCH UMR 5182, Lyon Cedex 07 69342, France.
Abstract:
An anisolyl-picolinate antenna grafted onto different macrocyclic ligands such as tacn, pyclen, or cyclen renders the resulting terbium(III) complexes highly sensitive to oxygen in aqueous solutions, enabling the design of ratiometric or lifetime-based molecular sensors. The underlying sensitization mechanism was investigated using analogous gadolinium(III) complexes, and the oxygen sensitivity was studied using transient absorption spectroscopy. The antenna-based triplet lifetime increased by up to 900-fold upon degassing, underscoring the role of the ligand excited states in designing highly sensitive oxygen probes.
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