Twisted charge-transfer antennas for ultra-bright terbium(III) and dysprosium(III) bioprobes.

The design of original twisted charge transfer antennas where a non planar geometry is enforced thanks to one or two bulky ortho-Me substituents allows us to prepare the corresponding ultra-bright Tb(III) and Dy(III) bioprobes. The brightness of the Tb(III) derivative compares well with that of the benchmark Tb-Lumi4 complex. The first bio-imaging experiments with a Dy(III) luminescent bioprobe are also reported.