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Lanthanoplatins: emissive Eu(<scp>iii</scp>) and Tb(<scp>iii</scp>) complexes staining nucleoli targeted through Pt–DNA crosslinking

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Two highly luminescent water-soluble heterometallic LnPt<sub>2</sub> complexes, [{cis-PtCl(NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>}<sub>2</sub>Ln(L)(H<sub>2</sub>O)](NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> (Ln = Eu (1), Tb (2)), have been designed for their selective nucleoli staining through formation of Pt-DNA crosslinks. The complexes showed significant cellular uptake and distinctive nucleoli localization through intrinsic emission from Eu<sup>III</sup> or Tb<sup>III</sup> observed through confocal fluorescence microscopy.

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