Dual-ligand-functionalized dodeca-nuclear lanthanide–tungsten-cluster incorporated selenotungstates and fluorescence detection of dipicolinic acid (an anthrax biomarker)

Abstract

A series of rigid–flexible-ligand functionalized lanthanide incorporated ring-shaped selenotungstates were prepared, in which a europium-containing species was employed as a fluorescence sensor to detect an anthrax biomarker with good performance.