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.
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 (Citation44).
b IUPAC methodology (Citation45).