Selective Imaging of Damaged Bone Structure (Microcracks) Using a Targeting Supramolecular Eu(III) Complex As a Lanthanide Luminescent Contrast Agent

摘要

The sensing and imaging of biological matter using lanthanide luminescent supramolecular sensors, or imaging agents, has attracted significant attention in recent years. The photophysical properties of ions such as Eu(III) and Tb(III), which possess long-lived excited states and line-like emission bands, occurring at long wavelengths, makes these ions excellent candidates for use in such applications, as they overcome short-lived background emission and light scattering from biological matter.