LUMINESCENCE FROM YTTERBIUM(III) AND ITS COMPLEXES IN SOLUTION

Time-resolved studies of luminescence from ytterbium in solution are r eported offering opportunities for luminescent imaging in the near IR, and allowing the use of a wide range of aromatic antennae to sensitis e the metal centre; the luminescence of the solvated ion and of a wide variety of complexes is examined, both by direct excitation and by in ter- and intra-molecular energy transfer.