Issue 23, 2006
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Dalton Transactions

Engineering emissive europium and terbium complexes for molecular imaging and sensing†

Shashi Pandya,a   Junhua Yua  and  David Parker*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, UK
E-mail: david.parker@durham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 191 3342033

Abstract

Emissive f-block coordination complexes constitute an important class of optical probes, with applications ranging from sensing of bioactive species, high throughput assays and screening protocols in vitro, to time-resolved imaging studies in cellulo or in vivo. The key chemistry issues to be addressed in complex design and characterisation are defined, with an emphasis on the use of emissive europium and terbium complexes and their conjugates in molecular imaging. Both luminescent ‘tags’ useful in energy transfer studies and ‘responsive’ systems for sensing are discussed.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B514637B
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
17 Oct 2005
Accepted
30 Nov 2005
First published
28 Apr 2006

Dalton Trans., 2006, 2757-2766

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