Jean-Claude G. Bünzli

TL;DR: This critical review has been tailored for a broad audience of chemists, biochemists and materials scientists; the basics of lanthanide photophysics are highlighted together with the synthetic strategies used to insert these ions into mono- and polymetallic molecular edifices.

TL;DR: This critical review describes the latest developments in the sensitization of near-infrared luminescence, "soft" luminescent materials (liquid crystals, ionic liquids, ionogels), electroluminescentmaterials for organic light emitting diodes, with emphasis on white light generation, and applications in luminecent bio-sensing and bio-imaging based on time-resolved detection and multiphoton excitation.

TL;DR: This data indicates that the prostate-Specific antigen in the europium-Tetracycline complex acts as a ‘spatially aggregating force’ to form terbium complexes in the Optical Probes.

TL;DR: The recent upsurge of interest in contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging, of luminescent chemosensors for medical diagnostic, and lately, for optical imaging of cells has generated an impressive momentum for the coordination and supramolecular chemistry of trivalent lanthanide ions.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the design of highly luminescent lanthanide complexes is presented, where the authors discuss all aspects needing optimization, including the various energy migration processes in luminescence sensitization by organic ligands, minimizing non-radiative deactivation mechanisms, as well as other parameters such as the radiative lifetime, the refractive index, and the benefit of inserting luminecent complexes into inorganic-hybrid structures.