Clicked dipicolinic antennae for lanthanide luminescent probes.

4-Triazolyl-dipicolinic acids, prepared efficiently by CuAAC, proved to act as efficient antennae for optical lanthanide probes containing Eu(3+) or Tb(3+), under linear and non linear excitations (one, two and three photons provided by laser induced luminescence). The versatility offered by the substitution of the triazole subunit is, in addition, useful for covalent linkage to slide glass providing luminescent films.