Iridium-Based Time-Resolved Luminescent Sensor for Ba2+ Detection

IF 8.2 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

ACS Sensors Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI:10.1021/acssensors.4c01892

Ane I. Aranburu, Mikel Elorza, Pablo R.G. Valle, Ariadna Pazos, Alexey Brodolin, Pablo Herrero-Gómez, J. Eduardo Barcelon, Gabriel Molina-Terriza, Francesc Monrabal, Celia Rogero, Fernando P. Cossío, Juan José Gómez-Cadenas, Claire Tonnelé, Zoraida Freixa, the NEXT Collaboration

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Abstract

We present a new time-resolved chemosensor for the detection of Ba²⁺ ions. Our sensor is based on an iridium(III) compound with dual (fluorescent and phosphorescent) emission. The nature of the luminescence response of the sensor depends on its state; specifically, the phosphorescence emission of the free state at long wavelengths is strongly suppressed, while that of the Ba²⁺-chelated compound is strongly enhanced. Furthermore, the residual phosphorescence emission of the free compound decays with two short decay constants, τ_free¹ ∼ 3.5 ns (88%) and τ_free² ∼ 209 ns (12%), while the chelated compound decays with two long decay constants, τ_bound¹ ∼ 429 ns (21%) and τ_bound² ∼ 1128 ns (76%). This exceptional behavior, supported by quantum chemical calculations, allows a time-based separation between the signals of the free and the chelated species. Among other applications, our sensor could be the basis of a Ba²⁺ tagging detector for neutrinoless double beta decay searches in xenon.

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ACS Sensors Chemical Engineering-Bioengineering

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14.50

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372

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