Hydrophobic chromophore cargo in micellar structures: a different strategy to sensitize lanthanide cations

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jan 7;46(1):124-6. doi: 10.1039/b918881a. Epub 2009 Nov 20.

Abstract

We propose a new approach for the versatile sensitization of luminescent lanthanide cations. A hydrophobic chromophore is incorporated into a micellar assembly formed by the amphiphilic lanthanide chelate. The sensitizer to lanthanide energy transfer occurs between the two moieties without covalent linkage.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cations / chemistry*
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Lanthanoid Series Elements / chemistry*
  • Micelles*
  • Naphthalimides / chemistry
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Cations
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Lanthanoid Series Elements
  • Micelles
  • Naphthalimides