Luminescent lanthanide complexes can be used for imaging and sensing applications due to their optical properties, namely large Stokes shifts of sensitized luminescence, high color purity, and long emission lifetimes. With our work, we are derivatizing lanthanide-coordinated sensitizers with functional groups that can offer the additional function of singlet oxygen (1O2) generation. The ability to track these compounds by luminescence and generate 1O2 simultaneously can lead to antiviral, antibacterial, and theranostics applications. The synthesis, isolation and structural and photophysical characterization of new luminescent lanthanide complexes capable of 1O2 generation will be discussed.

Luminescent rare-earth complexes as sensitizers of singlet oxygen

255th National Meeting (2018)

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