Experimental assessment of the efficacy of sensitised emission in water from a europium ion, following intramolecular excitation by a phenanthridinyl group

  • Ian M. Clarkson
  • , Andrew Beeby
  • , James I. Bruce
  • , Linda J. Govenlock
  • , Mark P. Lowe
  • , Céline E. Mathieu
  • , David Parker*
  • , Kanthi Senanayake
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The overall quantum yields for phenanthridinium sensitised emission from a europium ion have been measured in H2O and D2O for a series of five structurally related, octadentate ligands in which the distance from the phenanthridinium chromophore to the Eu ion varies from 2.5 to ca. 8.2 Å. Overall quantum yields (pD ≤ 2) range from 0.25 to 0.012 suggesting that the experimental distance for 50% efficiency of intramolecular energy transfer lies close to 5.5 Å for this system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)377-386
Number of pages10
JournalNew Journal of Chemistry
Volume24
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2000

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