Lifetime Multiplexing with Lanthanide Complexes for Luminescence In Situ Hybridisation. Issue 2 (2nd March 2022) - Jia, Jianguo
Abstract: Invited for this month's cover is the group of Yiqing Lu at Macquarie University, Sydney and colleagues at Dalian University of Technology. The cover picture shows photoluminescent sensing based on europium complexes emitting the same (red) colour but distinguishable lifetime (afterglow), which is attributed to a different coordination environment around the europium(3+) ion. More information can be found in the Research Article at 10.1002/anse.202100057 . Abstract : "To implement time‐domain multiplexing in fluorescence/luminescence detection, various lifetime‐tunable nanoparticles have been developed by us and others. But for biological applications, molecular probes are generally considered more advantageous in terms of interaction with and specific labelling of the samples. We therefore wanted to explore lifetime multiplexing in the form of molecular probes and complex samples such as biofilms." Read more about the story behind the cover in the Cover Profile and about the research itself (DOI: 10.1002/anse.202100057 ).