The present invention relates to a metal-organic framework composition, as well as constructs and methods thereof. In one particular example, the composition provides a platform having an emission signal in the deep red to near-infrared (NIR) region.

Embodiments described herein generally relate to: sensing and/or authentication using luminescence imaging; diagnostic assays, systems, and related methods; temporal thermal sensing and related methods; and/or to emissive species, such as those excitable by white light, and related systems and methods.

Combined lanthanide metal (Ln(III))coordination complex fluorescence can provide a versatile molecular platform for design of white-light-emitting materials with advanced multistimuli-responsive properties. Red, green and blue light emitting Ln(III) complexes can be combined in solution or in a polymer complex to achieve white luminescent materials responsive to various external stimuli (e.g. solvent polarity, temperature, pH, anion competition and mechanical stimuli).

Metal complex particle including a magnetic material and a particle size adjusting composition containing a hydrophobic polymer, with the magnetic material including a metal complex consisting of a metal ion and a ligand and having both magnetism and fluorescence, and a content of the particle size adjusting composition in the metal complex particle being less than 60 w %.

A variety of compounds are provided capable of chelating a metal, in particular a lanthanide such as Eu(III) and Tb(III). Luminescent complexes of the compound and a metal ion are also provided, in particular luminescent metal complexes are provided containing a lanthanide such as Eu(III) or Tb(III) and a compound described herein. In some aspects, the luminescent complexes are capable of exhibiting bright emissions with high quantum yields. Methods of making the compound are provided. Methods of using the compounds and luminescent complexes are also provided, for example for imaging and therapeutic applications.

The embodiments provide a fluorescent rare earth complex having strong emission intensity and excellent durability, and also provide a security medium using the complex. The rare earth complex according to the embodiment comprises a rare earth ion, a diphosphine dioxide ligand and a -diketone ligand wherein two phosphorus atoms contained in the diphosphine dioxide ligand individually have substituents different from each other.

The present invention relates to a luminescent rare earth compound and dichroism fluorescent composition thereof, and more particularly, the luminescent rare earth compound is a luminescent rare earth compound excited by shortwave UV (Ultra-Violet). The luminescent rare earth compound and/or products applied with the luminescent rare earth compound according to the present invention can emit strong red and green colors by being excited at 240-330 nm range of wavelengths, while not being excited at 360-380 nm range of wavelengths, and showing no colors under visible light. Furthermore, the compound may be variably utilized to printed materials and plastic mold products because of possessing high heat resistance, high light resistance and high dispersibility of medium light. In addition, compositions emitting respectively different colors at mutually different wavelength ranges can be provided by mixing the luminescent rare earth compound according to the present invention with other excited luminescent compounds.

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing lanthanide fluorescent silica nanoparticles, including a complex synthesis step of synthesizing a silane-lanthanide chelate complex, an emulsion formation step of forming a water-in-oil microemulsion by dispersing micelles, the water-phase core of which is introduced with the silane-lanthanide chelate complex, in an oil-phase solvent, a silica introduction step of introducing a silica precursor into the microemulsion, and a nanoparticle synthesis step of synthesizing fluorescent silica nanoparticles by crosslinking the silica precursor and the silane-lanthanide chelate complex in the micelles. The lanthanide fluorescent silica nanoparticles thus manufactured can be utilized in fluorescence analysis of inorganic materials or bio-derived materials.

A liquid composition that is an aqueous liquid composition that emits light when irradiated with ultraviolet light contains a resin particle, the resin particle containing a unit that has a polar group and containing a complex composed of a sulfur-bridged calixarene and a lanthanoid ion, the polar group being at least one selected from the group consisting of an ester group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an ether group, an amino group, an amide group and a cyano group.

A process for detecting oil or lubricant contamination in the production of an article by adding a Stokes-shifting taggant to an oil or lubricant of a machine utilized to produce the article or a component thereof, irradiating the articles produced with a first wavelength of radiation, and monitoring the articles for emission of radiation at a second wavelength. The taggant can be in the form of a composition containing a Stokes-shifting taggant, which absorbs radiation at a first wavelength and emits radiation at a second wavelength, different from said first wavelength, dissolved or dispersed in an oil or lubricant.