Lanthanide–tetrapyrrole complexes: synthesis, redox chemistry, photophysical properties, and photonic applications
Wai‐Lun Chan, Chen Xie, Wai‐Sum Lo, Jean‐Claude G. Bünzli, Wai‐Kwok Wong, Ka‐Leung Wong
Abstract
Tetrapyrrole derivatives such as porphyrins, phthalocyanines, naphthalocyanines, and porpholactones, are highly stable macrocyclic compounds playing crucial roles in biophotonics and biomedicine and are presently at the centre of stunning new applications.
Topics & Concepts
TetrapyrroleChemistryLanthanideBiophotonicsRedoxPrussian blueNanotechnologyCombinatorial chemistryPhotonicsPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryElectrochemistryMaterials sciencePhysical chemistryEnzymeIonOptoelectronicsElectrodePorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryMagnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes