Polymeric aggregates (~100 nm) based on polydiacetylenic acid doped with the luminescent TbIII complexes with the tetra- and bis-1,3-diketonate derivatives of calix[4]arenes with nonyl substituents at the lower rims are… Click to show full abstract
Polymeric aggregates (~100 nm) based on polydiacetylenic acid doped with the luminescent TbIII complexes with the tetra- and bis-1,3-diketonate derivatives of calix[4]arenes with nonyl substituents at the lower rims are considered as potential nanosensors. The obtained colloidally stable mixed aggregates can generate a substrate-induced luminescent response in aqueous solutions of 2,2´,6´,2´´-terpyridine in the micromolar concentration range due to the coordination of the latter by TbIII ions on the aggregate surface.
               
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