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Symposium: Applications of Inorganic Photochemistry
Applications of Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes to Sensor Technology and Molecular Probes
J. N. Demas
Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901

B. A. DeGraff
Department of Chemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

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June 1997
Vol. 74 No. 6
p. 690

Abstract
An overview of the applications of luminescent transition metal complexes to sensor technology is presented. In addition to general considerations, a number of specific systems are discussed including oxygen, pH, carbon dioxide, temperature, and immunoassay sensors. Applications of the complexes to molecular probes are also covered including chirality and conformational proves, water exposure sensors, and dynamic probes. Problem areas such as photostability, excitability, immobilization chemistry, the existence multiple responses in the same molecule, and substrate-support interactions are discussed. Also covered is the very difficulty problem of unambiguously interpreting the complex kinetic and chemical behavior of real sensor systems.
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*  Citation
Demas, J. N.; DeGraff, B. A. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 690.
*  Keywords
Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science, Photochemistry, Luminescence
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