Issue 33, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Luminescent self-assembly formation on a gold surface observed by reversible ‘off–on’ switching of Eu(iii) emission†

Niamh S. Murray,ab   Suzi P. Jarvisbc  and  Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson*a  

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a School of Chemistry, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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b Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

c School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

Abstract

The formation of a self-assembly between a sensitising antenna and an Eu(III) functionalised cyclen complex 1·Eu, tethered to a gold surface via a C12 alkyl thiol spacer, is described where changes in the Eu(III) emission signal the formation, and dissociation, of a ternary complex.

Graphical abstract: Luminescent self-assembly formation on a gold surface observed by reversible ‘off–on’ switching of Eu(iii) emission

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B909938G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 May 2009
Accepted
06 Jul 2009
First published
22 Jul 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 4959-4961

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Luminescent self-assembly formation on a gold surface observed by reversible ‘off–on’ switching of Eu(III) emission

N. S. Murray, S. P. Jarvis and T. Gunnlaugsson, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4959 DOI: 10.1039/B909938G

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