Royal Society of Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, 27(42), p. 9840, 2013
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50986a
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A luminescent probe based on a europium complex is developed, which effectively distinguishes adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) from adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP) in pure water at pH 6.8. With a longer lifetime (in ms range), the probe is prospectively applied to biological systems to monitor ATP levels by completely removing the background fluorescence of other molecules.