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. 2014 Jun 12;53(13):6985–6994. doi: 10.1021/ic5008928

Table 3. Decay Constants [s–1] for the Luminescence Lifetime of Europium Complexes in H2O and D2O Reported Here, as Well as the Calculated q Values According to the Modified Horrocks Equation39.

  Eu(3) Eu(4a) Eu(4b) Eu(5a) Eu(5b)
k(D2O) 0.55 0.51 0.59 0.52 NDa
k(H2O) 2.14 1.31 1.77 1.76 NDa
q 1.4 0.5 1 1.1 NDa
a

ND = not determined. Because of the decreased solubility of Eu(5b) compared to the other europium complexes described here, we were not able to generate a solution with high enough complex concentration required for this measurement.