In this paper, we synthesized and characterized a di-tetradentate macrocyclic ligand as a novel resonance fluorescence probe for the determination of uranium. The ligand contains two tetradentate ligand moieties and can chelate two cations to form binuclear complex. We found that when the ligand only chelates a uranyl ion or europium (III) ion, the formed complex can only produce weak resonance fluorescence. When the ligand chelates simultaneously uranyl and europium (III) to form heterobinuclear complex, the formed complex can produce strong resonance fluorescence due to the cation-cation int...
