Sensing uranyl(VI) ions by coordination and energy transfer to a luminescent europium(III) complex

Harvey, Peter; Nonat, Aline; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Natrajan, Louise S.; Charbonnière, Loïc J.

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Sensing uranyl(VI) ions by coordination and energy transfer to a luminescent europium(III) complex

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/24204

Publication date

2018-06-13

Authors

Harvey, Peter

Nonat, Aline

Platas-Iglesias, Carlos

Natrajan, Louise S.

Charbonnière, Loïc J.

Bibliographic citation

P. Harvey, A. Nonat, C. Platas-Iglesias, L. S. Natrajan, L. J. Charbonnière, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9921.

Abstract

[Abstract] The release of uranyl(VI) is a hazardous environmental issue, with limited ways to monitor accumulation in situ. Here, we present a method for the detection of uranyl(VI) ions through the utilization of a unique fluorescence energy transfer process to europium(III). Our system displays the first example of a “turn‐on” europium(III) emission process with a small, water‐soluble lanthanide complex triggered by uranyl(VI) ions.