This
chapter focuses on the
recent developments in calixarenes chemistry using luminescence aspect. This
aspect comprises host guest system of luminescent guests with calixarenes as
well as luminescent organic moieties tethered calixarene systems. The
utilization of organic moieties tethered calixarene systems towards sensor applications
for anions, cations and biomolecules is explored. The calixarene systems are
used as a platform as well as convenient receptors for the luminescent sensor systems.
The ease of modification in the rims of calixarenes renders numerous synthetic
possibilities to recognise a particular target molecule and also to fabricate solid
state luminescent sensor systems.
Keywords: Aggregation, Amino acids, Anion, Bioimaging, Biomolecule, Calixarene, Cation, Chemosensor, Device, Drug, Dye, Emission, Fluorescence, Host-guest, Interaction, Lanthanoids, Luminescence, Macrocycle, Nanoparticles, Recognition.
