Switching ‘on’ the luminescence of one metal ion with another: selectivity characteristics with respect to the emitting and triggering metal

Abstract

Complexes 1a·Eu^III and 1b·Eu^III, but not 1a·Tb^III and 1b·Tb^III, display strong ‘off–on’ switching of delayed luminescence with alkali cations; the switching efficiency of 1b·Eu^III is stronger with K⁺ rather than Na⁺.

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