Bimetallic Eu/Tb Complexes for Ratiometric Temperature Sensing with Unusual Enhancement of Eu Luminescence with Temperature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of Eu/Tb Complexes with N-Heterocyclic Ligand
2.2. Spectral Measurements
2.3. Processing of Spectral Data
2.4. Measurements of Constants of Complex Formation
2.5. 1H NMR Spectrum of Eu Complex with the Ligand L
3. Results
3.1. Absorption Spectra
3.2. Constants of Complexation
3.3. Ligand Triplet State
3.4. Luminescence Emission Spectra
3.5. Luminescence Excitation Spectra
3.6. Luminescence Lifetime
3.7. Luminescence Intensity of Tb and Eu as a Function of Temperature and the Eu/Tb Ratio
4. Discussion of Results: Enhancement of Eu Luminescence with Temperature
5. Ratiometric Temperature Sensing Using Eu and Tb Luminescence Bands
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Metal | Ratio L:M | Log βi |
---|---|---|
Eu | 1:1 | 6.64 ± 0.02 |
1:2 | 6.81 ± 0.02 | |
Tb | 1:1 | 6.17 ± 0.04 |
1:2 | 8.07 ± 0.04 |
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Kharcheva, A.V.; Bozhko, A.A.; Sokolovskaya, Y.G.; Borisova, N.E.; Ivanov, A.V.; Patsaeva, S.V. Bimetallic Eu/Tb Complexes for Ratiometric Temperature Sensing with Unusual Enhancement of Eu Luminescence with Temperature. Photonics 2023, 10, 1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10101171
Kharcheva AV, Bozhko AA, Sokolovskaya YG, Borisova NE, Ivanov AV, Patsaeva SV. Bimetallic Eu/Tb Complexes for Ratiometric Temperature Sensing with Unusual Enhancement of Eu Luminescence with Temperature. Photonics. 2023; 10(10):1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10101171
Chicago/Turabian StyleKharcheva, Anastasiia V., Alena A. Bozhko, Yulia G. Sokolovskaya, Nataliya E. Borisova, Alexey V. Ivanov, and Svetlana V. Patsaeva. 2023. "Bimetallic Eu/Tb Complexes for Ratiometric Temperature Sensing with Unusual Enhancement of Eu Luminescence with Temperature" Photonics 10, no. 10: 1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10101171