New Class of Bright and Highly Stable Chiral Cyclen Europium Complexes for Circularly Polarized Luminescence Applications

Lixiong Dai, Wai Sum Lo, Ian D. Coates, Robert Pal, Ga Lai Law*

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Abstract

High glum values of +0.30 (ΔJ = 1, 591 nm, in DMSO) and -0.23 (ΔJ = 1, 589 nm, in H2O) were recorded in our series of newly designed macrocyclic europium(III) complexes. A sterically locking approach involving a bidentate chromophore is adopted to control the formation of one stereoisomer, giving rise to extreme rigidity, high stability, and high emission intensity. The combination of a chiral substituent on a macrocyclic chelate for lanthanide ions opens up new perspectives for the further development of circulary polarized luminescent chiral tags in optical and bioapplications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9065-9070
Number of pages6
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume55
Issue number17
Early online date18 Aug 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Sept 2016

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