Luminescent chemosensors by using cyclometalated iridium(iii) complexes and their applications
Open Access
- 4 November 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Science
- Vol. 8 (2), 878-889
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sc04175b
Abstract
Luminescent metal complexes have found increasing use in multiple areas of science and technology, including in chemosensing, light-emitting devices and photochemistry. In particular, the use of cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes as chemosensors has received increasing attention in the recent literature. Phosphorescent metal complexes enjoy a number of advantages (e.g., long-lived phosphorescence, high quantum efficiency and modular syntheses) that render them as suitable alternatives to organic dyes for sensing a variety of analytes. This review describes recent examples of cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes that act as luminescent chemosensors for cations, anions or small molecules.Keywords
Funding Information
- Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG2/15-16/002)
- Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF/14130522)
- Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (HKBU/12301115, HKBU/204612 and HKBU/201913)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21575121)
- Guandong Natural Science Foundation (2015A030313816)
- University of Macau (MYRG2015-00137-ICMS-QRCM, MRG044/LCH/2015/ICMS)
- Fundo para o Desenvolvimento das Ciências e da Tecnologia (098/2014/A2)
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