Rhodamine organic dyes have been known for years and have been applied in biological studies because of numerous optical advantages, while rhodamine derivatives with spiro-ring have been investigated as selective and sensitive chemosensors since past two decades. In contrast to the organic fluorophores, most of the luminescence transition metal complexes have been found to exhibit phosphorescence which possesses longer lifetime and large Stokes shift. The hybrid system from the combination of rhodamine organic system and transition metal complexes have been recently explored. This review reports the recent development of rhodamine-containing transition metal complexes. The rhodamine unit in the hybrid system could be classified as latent rhodamine derivatives with sensory ON-OFF properties or with photoactive rhodamine dye as chromophore and fluorophore. The photophysical, ion-sensing and biological studies of various transition metal complexes will be discussed upon attachment of such rhodamine units.

罗丹明有机染料由于具有众多的光学优势而已为人所知，并已在生物学研究中得到应用，而自过去二十年来，具有螺环的罗丹明衍生物已作为选择性和敏感的化学传感器进行了研究。与有机荧光团相反，已经发现大多数发光过渡金属络合物显示出具有更长寿命和大斯托克斯位移的磷光。最近已经研究了若丹明有机体系与过渡金属配合物的混合体系。这篇评论报道了含若丹明的过渡金属配合物的最新发展。混合体系中的若丹明单元可分类为具有感觉开-关性质的潜在罗丹明衍生物，或将光敏罗丹明染料分类为生色团和荧光团。在连接这种罗丹明单元后，将讨论各种过渡金属配合物的光物理，离子传感和生物学研究。