Abstract
A responsive neodymium NIR emission (4F3/2→4I11/2, 9/2) was recorded upon binding with singlet oxygen (KB=1.79×106 M-1) via the anthracene moiety. The motif ytterbium analog served as a negative control with no significant NIR enhancement/quenching with the addition of the same amount of singlet oxygen. Our complex was also found to react with 1O2 generated by a known photosensitizer TMPyP inside HeLa cells without inducing cell death and display no significant cytotoxicity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 549-552 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Luminescence |
| Volume | 169 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2016 |
User-Defined Keywords
- Lanthanide
- Neodymium
- NIR luminescence
- Singlet oxygen probe