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Surface-based molecular self-assembly: Langmuir-Blodgett films of amphiphilic Ln(III) complexes
The unique photophysical properties of the Ln(III) series has led to significant research efforts being directed towards their application in sensors. However, for “real-life” applications, these sensors should ideally be immobilised onto surfaces without loss of function. The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB)...
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author | Wales, Dominic J. Kitchen, Jonathan A. |
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description | The unique photophysical properties of the Ln(III) series has led to significant research efforts being directed towards their application in sensors. However, for “real-life” applications, these sensors should ideally be immobilised onto surfaces without loss of function. The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique offers a promising method in which to achieve such immobilisation. This mini-review focuses on synthetic strategies for film formation, the effect that film formation has on the physical properties of the Ln(III) amphiphile, and concludes with examples of Ln(III) LB films being used as sensors. |
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spelling | pubmed-51250372016-12-19 Surface-based molecular self-assembly: Langmuir-Blodgett films of amphiphilic Ln(III) complexes Wales, Dominic J. Kitchen, Jonathan A. Chem Cent J Review The unique photophysical properties of the Ln(III) series has led to significant research efforts being directed towards their application in sensors. However, for “real-life” applications, these sensors should ideally be immobilised onto surfaces without loss of function. The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique offers a promising method in which to achieve such immobilisation. This mini-review focuses on synthetic strategies for film formation, the effect that film formation has on the physical properties of the Ln(III) amphiphile, and concludes with examples of Ln(III) LB films being used as sensors. Springer International Publishing 2016-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5125037/ /pubmed/27994637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13065-016-0224-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Review Wales, Dominic J. Kitchen, Jonathan A. Surface-based molecular self-assembly: Langmuir-Blodgett films of amphiphilic Ln(III) complexes |
title | Surface-based molecular self-assembly: Langmuir-Blodgett films of amphiphilic Ln(III) complexes |
title_full | Surface-based molecular self-assembly: Langmuir-Blodgett films of amphiphilic Ln(III) complexes |
title_fullStr | Surface-based molecular self-assembly: Langmuir-Blodgett films of amphiphilic Ln(III) complexes |
title_full_unstemmed | Surface-based molecular self-assembly: Langmuir-Blodgett films of amphiphilic Ln(III) complexes |
title_short | Surface-based molecular self-assembly: Langmuir-Blodgett films of amphiphilic Ln(III) complexes |
title_sort | surface-based molecular self-assembly: langmuir-blodgett films of amphiphilic ln(iii) complexes |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5125037/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27994637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13065-016-0224-6 |
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