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The laboratory of Lanthanide Supramolecular Chemistry has two main objectives.
coordination compounds and supramolecular edifices.
Jean-Claude Bünzli was born in 1944. He earned a degree in chemical engineering in 1968 and a PhD in 1971 (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne) for his work on the kinetic behaviour of Nb and Ta pentachloride adducts. He spent two years at the University of British Columbia as a teaching postdoctoral fellow (photoelectron spectroscopy) and one year at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (physical organic chemistry).
He was appointed assistant-professor at the University of Lausanne in 1974 and started a research program on the spectrochemical properties of f-elements. He was promoted as a full professor of inorganic and analytical chemistry in 1980. He transferred to EPFL in 2001 where he directed the Laboratory of Lanthanide Supramolecular Chemistry until 2010.
From 2009 to 2013, he was World Class University Professor at Korea University (South Korea) helping developing a new research center for photovoltaics. In 20154-2015 he acted as visiting professor at FJIRSM (Fuzhou, Fujian), a laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He presently holds the Dr Kennedy Wong Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Hong Kong Baptist University (3 months/year) and a position as Distinguished Scholar at University of Technology, Sydney (NSW, Australia, 1 month/year).
He acted as the elected Dean of the Faculty of Sciences (1990-1991) and as one of the elected Vice-Rectors of the University (1991-1995), in charge of students' affairs and of research programs in the field of biomedical sciences. He held a position of invited professor at the Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg in 1996 and at the Science University of Tokyo in 1998. In 1989, he founded the European Rare Earths and Actinide Society which coordinate international conferences in the field (cf. http://ereswww.epfl.ch).
He served as a World Bank Project Specialist within the framework of the Chinese Provincial Universities Development Project (Northwest China, 1989) and as a member of a Panel in charge of evaluating chemical research at Norwegian universities (1997). In 2001, he was hired as "Peer leader" for the evaluation of the Swiss universities of applied sciences. In 2005, he acted as a member of the "Physical Inorganic Panel" of the Science Foundation of Ireland and in 2006 he was nominated to the "Chemistry Panel" of the same foundation.
He is a member of the Editorial Board of Spectroscopy Letters, associate editor-in-chief of the Journal of Rare Earths, and senior editor of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths (54 volumes published to date).
His research is centered on lanthanide luminescent molecular and supramolecular edifices, with main applications in biology & medicine. He is the author or the co-author of 350 research papers, 260 contributed communications and has presented 285 invited conferences, seminars, and courses. He has collected >22800 citations (h-index 72).
W. Zheng; P. Huang; Z. Gong; D. Tu; J. Xu et al. : Near-infrared-triggered photon upconversion tuning in all-inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite quantum dots; NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2018. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-05947-2.
X. Li; L. Zhou; L. Yan; Y. Dong; Z. Bai et al. : A supramolecular lanthanide separation approach based on multivalent cooperative enhancement of metal ion selectivity; NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2018. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-02940-7.
J.-C. G. Bunzli; K.-L. Wong : Lanthanide mechanoluminescence; Journal Of Rare Earths. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.jre.2017.09.005.
J.-C. G. Bunzli : Rising Stars in Science and Technology: Luminescent Lanthanide Materials; European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/ejic.201701201.
H. Li; C. Xie; R. Lan; S. Zha; C.-F. Chan et al. : A Smart Europium-Ruthenium Complex as Anticancer Prodrug: Controllable Drug Release and Real-Time Monitoring under Different Light Excitations; Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01162.
J.-C. G. Bunzli : Lanthanide light for biology and medical diagnosis; Journal Of Luminescence. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.07.033.
N. Shavaleev; S. Eliseeva; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Influence of Symmetry on the Luminescence and Radiative Lifetime of Nine-Coordinate Europium Complexes; Inorganic Chemistry. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01580.
L.-L. Yan; C.-H. Tan; G.-L. Zhang; L.-P. Zhou; J.-C. Bunzli et al. : Stereocontrolled Self-Assembly and Self-Sorting of Luminescent Europium Tetrahedral Cages; Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.5b03972.
J.-C. G. Bünzli : Lanthanide coordination chemistry: from old concepts to coordination polymers; Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 2014. DOI : 10.1080/00958972.2014.957201.
S. Biju; R. O. Freire; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bünzli; H. K. Kim : A Eu(III) Tetrakis(b-diketonate) Dimeric Complex: Photophysical Properties, Structural Elucidation by Sparkle/AM1 Calculations, and Doping into PMMA Films and Nanowires; Inorganic Chemistry. 2014. DOI : 10.1021/ic500966z.
N. M. Shavaleev; S. V. Eliseeva; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Tridentate Benzimidazole-Pyridine-Tetrazolates as Sensitizers of Europium Luminescence; Inorganic Chemistry. 2014. DOI : 10.1021/ic500267b.
J.-C. G. Bünzli : Lighting up cells with lanthanide self-assembled helicates; Interface Focus. 2013. DOI : 10.1098/rsfs.2013.0032.
S. Biju; Y. K. Eom; J.-C. G. Bünzli; H. K. Kim : A new tetrakis β-diketone ligand for NIR emitting LnIII ions: luminescent doped PMMA films and flexible resins for advanced photonic applications; Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2013. DOI : 10.1039/c3tc31181c.
E. Deiters; S. V. Eliseeva; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Self-assembly of a helical zinc-europium complex: speciation in aqueous solution and luminescence; Frontiers in Chemistry. 2013. DOI : 10.3389/fchem.2013.00015.
J.-C. G. Bünzli : Grand challenges in inorganic chemistry: toward better life quality and a more sustainable world; Frontiers in Chemistry. 2013. DOI : 10.3389/fchem.2013.00002.
V. Haquin; M. Etienne; C. Daiguebonne; S. Freslon; G. Calvez et al. : Color and Brightness Tuning in Heteronuclear Lanthanide Terephthalate Coordination Polymers; European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2013. DOI : 10.1002/ejic.201300381.
J.-C. G. Bünzli; S. V. Eliseeva : Intriguing aspects of lanthanide luminescence; Chemical Science. 2013. DOI : 10.1039/c3sc22126a.
L. Aboshyan-Sorgho; H. Nozary; A. Aebischer; J.-C. G. Bünzli; P.-Y. Morgantini et al. : Optimizing Millisecond Time Scale Near-Infrared Emission in Polynuclear Chrome(III)–Lanthanide(III) Complexes; Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2012. DOI : 10.1021/ja304009b.
A. Arakcheeva; D. Logvinovich; G. Chapuis; V. Morozov; S. V. Eliseeva et al. : The luminescence of NaxEu3+(2−x)/3MoO4 scheelites depends on the number of Eu-clusters occurring in their incommensurately modulated structure; Chemical Science. 2012. DOI : 10.1039/c1sc00289a.
J.-C. G. Bunzli; C. Piguet : Self-assembly of lanthanide helicates for photonic applications. 2011. 242nd National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), Denver, CO, Aug 28-Sep 01, 2011. p. -.
S. V. Eliseeva; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Rare earths: jewels for functional materials of the future; New Journal of Chemistry. 2011. DOI : 10.1039/c0nj00969e.
F. De María Ramírez; S. Varbanov; J.-C. G. Bünzli; R. Scopelliti : 5f-Element complexes with a p-tert-butylcalixarene bearing phosphinoyl pendant arms: Separation from rare earths and structural studies; Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.ica.2011.08.049.
S. V. Eliseeva; D. N. Pleshkov; K. A. Lyssenko; L. S. Lepnev; J.-C. G. BüNzli et al. : Deciphering Three Beneficial Effects of 2,2′-Bipyridine-; Inorganic Chemistry. 2011. DOI : 10.1021/ic200450x.
S. V. Eliseeva; D. N. Pleshkov; K. A. Lyssenko; L. S. Lepnev; J.-C. G. Bunzli et al. : Deciphering Three Beneficial Effects of 2,2 '-Bipyridine-N,N '-Dioxide on the Luminescence Sensitization of Lanthanide(III) Hexafluoroacetylacetonate Ternary Complexes; Inorganic Chemistry. 2011. DOI : 10.1021/ic200450x.
L. Aboshyan-Sorgho; C. Besnard; P. Pattison; K. R. Kittilstved; A. Aebischer et al. : Near-infrared→Visible light upconversion in a molecular trinuclear d-f-d complex; Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2011. DOI : 10.1002/anie.201100095.
J.-C. G. Bünzli; S. V. Eliseeva : Basics of Lanthanide Photophysics; Lanthanide Luminescence. 2010. DOI : 10.1007/4243_2010_3.
C. Piguet; J.-C. Bünzli : Self-assembled Lanthanide Helicates: from Basic Thermodynamics to Applications; Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths; Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, B.V., 2010. p. 351-553.
M. Vazquez Lopez; S. V. Eliseeva; J. M. Blanco; G. Rama; M. R. Bermejo et al. : Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Ln(III)-DOTA-Bipy Complexes and Ln(III)-DOTA-Bipy-Ru-II Coordination Conjugates; European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry. 2010. DOI : 10.1002/ejic.201000517.
R. Zong; G. Zhang; S. Eliseeva; J.-C. Bünzli; R. P. Thummel : Eu(III) Complexes of Tetradentate Ligands Related to 2,9-Di(pyrid-20-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline and 2,20-Bi-1,10-phenanthroline; Inorganic Chemistry. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/ic100338t.
J.-C. G. Bünzli : Lanthanide Luminescence for Biomedical Analyses and Imaging; Chem. Rev.. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/cr900362e.
V. Sivagnanam; B. Song; C. Vandevyver; J.-C. G. Bünzli; M. A. M. Gijs : Selective Breast Cancer Cell Capture, Culture, and Immunocytochemical Analysis Using Self-Assembled Magnetic Bead Patterns in a Microfluidic Chip; Langmuir. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/la9045572.
N. M. Shavaleev; S. V. Eliseeva; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bunzli : N-Aryl Chromophore Ligands for Bright Europium Luminescence; Inorganic Chemistry -American Chemical Society-. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/ic100129r.
S. V. Eliseeva; G. Auböck; F. van Mourik; A. Cannizzo; B. Song et al. : Multiphoton-excited luminescent lathanide bioprobes: two-and three-photon cross sections of dipicolinates derivatives and binuclear helicates; Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/jp9090206.
S. V. Eliseevaa; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Lanthanide luminescence for functional materials and bio-sciences; Chem. Soc. Rev.. 2010. DOI : 10.1039/b905604c.
C. Piguet; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Self-Assembled Lanthanide Helicates: From Basic Thermodynamics to Applications; Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths; Elsevier, 2009. p. 301-553.
N. M. Shavaleev; S. V. Eliseeva; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Designing Simple Tridentate Ligands for Highly Luminescent Europium Complexes; Chem.-Eur. J.. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/chem.200901996.
G. Zucchi; O. Maury; P. Thuéry; G. Frédéric; J.-C. G. Bünzli et al. : 2,2’-Bipyrimidine as Efficient Sensitizer of the Solid-State Luminescence of Lanthanide and Uranyl Ions from Visible to Near-Infrared; Chem.-Eur. J.. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/chem.200901517.
V. Haquin; F. Gumy; C. Daiguebonne; J.-C. G. Bünzli; O. Guillou : Structural and Near-IR Luminescent Properties of Erbium-Containing Coordination Polymers; European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/ejic.200900549.
N. M. Shavaleev; R. Scopelliti; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Surprisingly Bright Near-Infrared Luminescence and Short Radiative Lifetimes of Ytterbium in Hetero-Binuclear Yb-Na Chelates; Inorganic Chemistry. 2009. DOI : 10.1021/ic900888m.
B. Song; V. Sivagnanam; C. D. B. Vandevyver; I. Hemmilä; H.-A. Lehr et al. : Time-resolved lanthanide luminescence for lab-on-a-chip detection of biomarkers on cancerous tissues; Analyst. 2009. DOI : 10.1039/b911301k.
M. Albrecht; O. Osetska; J.-C. G. Bünzli; F. Gumy; R. Fröhlich : Homo- and Heterodinuclear Helicates of Lanthanide(III), Zinc(II) and Aluminium(III) Based on 8-Hydroxyquinoline Ligands; Chem.-Eur. J.. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/chem.200901068.
L. Moriggi; A. Aebischer; C. Cannizzo; A. Sour; A. Borel et al. : A ruthenium-based metallostar: synthesis, sensitized luminescence and 1H relaxivity; Dalton Transactions. 2009. DOI : 10.1039/b818599a.
L. N. Puntus; K. A. Lyssenko; I. S. Pekareva; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Intermolecular Interactions as Actors in Energy-Transfer Processes in Lanthanide Complexes with 2,2′-Bipyridine; J. Phys. Chem. B. 2009. DOI : 10.1021/jp902390z.
N. M. Shavaleev; R. Scopelliti; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Benzothiazole- and Benzoxazole-Substituted Pyridine-2-Carboxylates as Efficient Sensitizers of Europium Luminescence; Inorganic Chemistry. 2009. DOI : 10.1021/ic9005136.
N. M. Shavaleev; F. Gumy; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Highly Luminescent Homoleptic Europium Chelates; Inorganic Chemistry. 2009. DOI : 10.1021/ic9006372.
N. M. Shavaleev; R. Scopelliti; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Modulating the Near-Infrared Luminescence of Neodymium and Ytterbium Complexes with Tridentate Ligands Based on Benzoxazole-Substituted 8-Hydroxyquinolines; Inorganic Chemistry. 2009. DOI : 10.1021/ic8020468.
P. E. Ryan; L. Guénée; G. Canard; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli et al. : Structural, Spectroscopic, and Thermodynamic Consequences of Anti-Chelate Effect in Nine-Coordinate Lanthanide Podates; Inorganic Chemistry. 2009. DOI : 10.1021/ic802130z.
A. Aebischer; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Intrinsic quantum yields and radiative lifetimes of lanthanide tris(dipicolinates); Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.. 2009. DOI : 10.1039/b816131c.
J.-C. G. Bünzli : Lanthanide Luminescent Bioprobes (LLBs); Chemistry Letters. 2009. DOI : 10.1246/cl.2009.104.
L. N. Puntus; K. A. Lyssenko; M. Y. Antipin; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Role of Inner- and Outer-Sphere Bonding in the Sensitization of EuIII-Luminescence Deciphered by Combined Analysis of Experimental Electron Density Distribution Function and Photophysical Data; Inorganic Chemistry. 2008. DOI : 10.1021/ic801402u.
N. M. Shavaleev; R. Scopelliti; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Near-Infrared Luminescence of Nine-Coordinate Neodymium Complexes with Benzimidazole-Substituted 8-Hydroxyquinolines; Inorganic Chemistry. 2008. DOI : 10.1021/ic8010585.
F. de Maria Ramirez; S. Varbanov; J. Padilla; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Physicochemical Properties and Theoretical Modeling of Actinide Complexes with a para-tert-Butylcalixarene Bearing Phosphinoyl Pendants. Extraction Capability of the Calixarene toward f Elements; J. Phys. Chem. B. 2008. DOI : 10.1021/jp710848m.
C. Daiguebonne; N. Kerbellec; O. Guillou; J.-C. Bünzli; F. Gumy et al. : Structural and Luminescent Properties of Micro- and Nanosized Particles of Lanthanide Terephthalate Coordination Polymers; Inorganic Chemistry. 2008. DOI : 10.1021/ic702325m.
S. V. Eliseeva; O. V. Kotova; F. Gumy; S. N. Semenov; V. G. Kessler et al. : Role of the Ancillary Ligand N,N-Dimethylaminoethanol in the Sensitization of EuIII and TbIII Luminescence in Dimeric β-Diketonates; J. Phys. Chem. A. 2008. DOI : 10.1021/jp711305u.
S. V. Eliseeva; O. V. Kotova; V. G. Kessler; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli et al. : Dimeric lanthanide hexafluoroacetylacetonate adducts with 4-cyanopyridine-N-oxide; Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.04.160.
T. B. Jensen; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Tuning the self-assembly of lanthanide triple stranded heterobimetallic helicates by ligand design; Dalton Trans.. 2008. DOI : 10.1039/b715672c.
N. Dalla-Favera; J. Hamacek; M. Borkovec; D. Jeannerat; F. Gumy et al. : Linear Polynuclear Helicates as a Link between Discrete Supramolecular Complexes and Programmed Infinite Polymetallic Chains; Chemistry - A European Journal. 2008. DOI : 10.1002/chem.200701465.
N. M. Shavaleev; R. Scopelliti; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Visible-Light Excitation of Infrared Lanthanide Luminescence via Intra-Ligand Charge-Transfer State in 1,3-Diketonates Containing Push-Pull Chromophores; European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2008. DOI : 10.1002/ejic.200701197.
M. Albrecht; O. Osetska; R. Fröhlich; J.-C. G. Bünzli; A. Aebischer et al. : Highly Efficient Near-IR Emitting Yb/Yb and Yb/Al Helicates; J. AM. CHEM. SOC.. 2007. DOI : 10.1021/ja0768688.
A. Escande; L. Guénée; H. Nozary; G. Bernardinelli; F. Gumy et al. : Rational Tuning of Melting Entropies for Designing Luminescent Lanthanide-Containing Thermotropic Liquid Crystals at Room Temperature; Chemistry, a European Journal. 2007. DOI : 10.1002/chem.200700560.
T. B. Jensen; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Thermodynamic Parameters Governing the Self-Assembly of Head–Head–Head Lanthanide Bimetallic Helicates; Chemistry, a European Journal. 2007. DOI : 10.1002/chem.200700468.
C. Marchal; Y. Filinchuk; D. Imbert; J.-C. G. Bünzli; M. Mazzanti : Toward the Rational Design of Lanthanide Coordination Polymers: a New Topological Approach; Inorganic Chemistry. 2007. DOI : 10.1021/ic7009918.
S. Comby; J.-C. G. Bünzli : LANTHANIDE NEAR-INFRARED LUMINESCENCE IN MOLECULAR PROBES AND DEVICES; Optical Spectroscopy; Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007. p. 217-470.
M. Albrecht; O. Osetska; J. Klankermayer; R. Fröhlich; F. Gumy et al. : Enhancement of near-IR emission by bromine substitution in lanthanide complexes with 2-carboxamide-8-hydroxyquinoline; Chem. Commun.. 2007.
X.-Y. Chen; Y. Bretonnière; J. Pecaut; D. Imbert; J.-C. Bunzli et al. : Selective Self-Assembly of Hexameric Homo- and Heteropolymetallic Lanthanide Wheels: Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical Studies; Inorganic Chemistry . 2007.
C. Steve; D. Imbert; C. D. B. Vandevyver; J.-C. G. Bunzli : A Novel Strategy for the Design of 8-Hydroxyquinolinate- Based Lanthanide Bioprobes That Emit in the Near Infrared Range; Chemistry - A European Journal. 2007.
S. V. Eliseeva; M. Ryazanov; F. Gumy; S. I. Troyanov; L. S. Lepnev et al. : Dimeric Complexes of Lanthanide(III) Hexafluoroacetylacetonates with 4-Cyanopyridine N-Oxide: Syn thesis, Crystal Structure, Magnetic and Photoluminescent Properties; European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2006. DOI : 10.1002/ejic.200600673.
M. A. Lama / O. Mamula Steiner; J.-C. Bünzli (Dir.) : Enantiopure helical (supra)molecular arrays containing lanthanides. Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3708.
T. B. Jensen; R. Scopelliti; J.-C. G. Bünzli : Lanthanide Triple-Stranded Helicates: Controlling the Yield of the Heterobimetallic Species; Inorganic Chemistry . 2006. DOI : 10.1021/ic0608501.
C. Piguet; J.-C. G. Bünzli; B. Donnio; D. Guillon : Thermotropic lanthanidomesogens; Chem. Commun.. 2006. DOI : 10.1039/b605737c.
M. Cantuel; F. Gumy; J.-C. G. Bünzli; C. Piguet : Encapsulation of labile trivalent lanthanides into a homobimetallic chromium(III)-containing triple-stranded helicate. Synthesis, characterization, and divergent intramolecular energy transfers; Dalton Transactions. 2006. DOI : 10.1039/b602392d.
R. F. Ziessel; G. Ulrich; L. Charbonnière; D. Imbert; R. Scopelliti et al. : NIR Lanthanide Luminescence by Energy Transfer from Appended Terpyridine-Boradiazaindacene Dyes; Chemistry, A European Journal. 2006.
S. Comby; R. Scopelliti; D. Imbert; L. Charbonnière; R. Ziessel et al. : Dual Emission from Luminescent Nonalanthanide Clusters; Inorganic Chemistry. 2006. DOI : 10.1021/ic060080t.
T. B. Jensen / J.-C. Bünzli (Dir.) : Heterobimetallic lanthanide helicates. Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3519.
E. Terazzi; S. Suarez; S. Torelli; H. Nozary; D. Imbert et al. : Introducing bulky functional lanthanide cores into thermotropic metallomesogens: a bottom-up approach; Advanced Functional Materials. 2006. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.200500195.
L. N. Puntus; K. J. Schenk; J.-C. G. Bunzli : Intense near-infrared luminescence of a mesomorphic ionic liquid doped with lanthanide b-diketonate ternary complexes; European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2005. DOI : 10.1002/ejic.200500593.

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