Singlet Energy Transfer as the Main Pathway in the Sensitization of Near-Infrared Nd3+ Luminescence by Dansyl and Lissamine Dyes

Hebbink, Gerald A. and Klink, Stephen I. and Grave, Lennart and Oude Alink, Patrick G.B. and Veggel van, Frank C.J.M. (2002) Singlet Energy Transfer as the Main Pathway in the Sensitization of Near-Infrared Nd3+ Luminescence by Dansyl and Lissamine Dyes. ChemPhysChem, 3 (12). pp. 1014-1018. ISSN 1439-4235

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Abstract:	general, sensitization of lanthanide(III) ions by organic sensitizers is regarded to take place via the triplet state of the sensitizers. Herein, we show that in dansyl- and lissamine-functionalized Nd3+ complexes energy transfer occurs from the singlet state of the sensitizers to the Nd3+ center. No sensitized emission was observed in the corresponding complexes with Er3+, Yb3+, and Gd3+ ions. Furthermore, the fluorescence of the sensitizers was quenched only in the Nd3+ complex and not in the complexes with the other ions. Only Nd3+ centers can accept energy from the singlet state of the dyes, because the excited states of Nd3+ have a high spectral overlap with the fluorescence of the dansyl and lissamine sensitizers, and because the selection rules allow a fast energy transfer, which apparently is competitive with the fluorescence.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2002 WILEY-VCH Verlag
Research Group:	Supramolecular Chemistry and Technology (SMCT)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/59257
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200290002
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