Efficient Energy Transfer Pathways for the Sensitization of Lanthanide Ions by Luminescent Ligands in Luminescent Lanthanide Complexes

Center for Smart Light-Harvesting Materials and Department of Polymer Science & Engineering,Hannam University, Daejeon 306-791, KoreaReceived December 23, 2003Key Words : Luminescent lanthanide complexes, Energy transfer pathways, Photosensitization, Planarwaveguide amplifiersLuminescent lanthanide complexes have attracted muchrecent attention because of both their academic interest andtheir potential utility in a wide variety of applications, suchas planar waveguide amplifiers, plastic lasers, and light-emitting diodes.