Switch-on luminescence detection of steroids by tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) complexes containing multiple cyclodextrin binding sites
Abstract
A luminescent ruthenium(II) complex with six cyclodextrin binding sites is shown to switch off its emission upon binding of N,N′-dinonyl-4,4′-bipyridinium bromide and to recover luminescence upon displacement of the bipyridinium ion by a steroid.
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