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Tobias Haas1, Timo Neumann1, Nicholas Jobbitt2
1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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New phenanthroline-based tris(biaryl) europium(III) and ytterbium(III) cryptates with great luminescence efficiencies in solution are reported. 1,10-Phenantroline, in combination with 2,2'-bipyridine-N,N'-dioxide, delivers cryptates with high rigidity, efficient lanthanoid(III) sensitization (ηsens) and small radiative lifetimes τrad for Eu and Yb. The powerful synergy of both bidentate chelating units results in excellent absolute quantum yields of up to 20% for the europium complexes in aqueous solution, which indicates an impressive improvement compared to other well-known tris(bipyridyl)-based Eu(III) cryptates.
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