A Review of Heavy-Atom-Induced Room-Temperature Phosphorescence: a Straightforward Phosphorimetric Method

Abstract

This review discusses the development of heavy-atom-induced, room-temperature phosphorescence (HAI-RTP), a new technique based on the use of RTP emitted directly from the analyte in a fluid solution with no protective medium except the presence of high concentrations of a heavy-atom perturber. These experimental conditions permit sufficient interaction between the perturber and the analytes to produce an effective population of their triplet states and thus emit intense phosphorescence.

Keywords:

• heavy-atom-induced
• room-temperature phosphorescence

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from Consejería de Medio Ambiente (Junta de Andalucía) and the grant support from University of Granada and Ministerio Ciencia y Tecnología.

Notes

^a Methodology based in the calibration (44).

^b IUPAC methodology (45).