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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 59, Issue 8, Pages 1829-1840Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-1425(02)00414-6
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Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes; sensitized luminescence; pH; synergic agent and surfactant; luminescence lifetimes; ligand triplet energy
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The formation and the properties of luminescent complexes of europium and terbium with a variety of organic ligands have been investigated in aqueous solutions. The ligands used include model compounds such as thenoyltrifluoroacetone and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid and organic analytes of biological or pharmaceutical interest. It is shown that the formation and the luminescent properties of these complexes depend at first on several parameters including the pH and the buffer, the synergic agent and the surfactant. In neutral solutions, trioctylphosphine oxide in the presence of Triton X-100 may act as a co-ligand to promote complex formation and protect the complex from radiationless deactivation processes. Working in slightly alkaline solutions in the presence of EDTA and hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride may induce the deprotonation of a second coordinating group and favour the formation of a new complex with stronger luminescent properties. In both cases, the luminescence lifetimes are then ultimately related to the energy gap between the ligand triplet and the resonance level of the ion and to the number of water molecules coordinated to the lanthanide ion. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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