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Li H, Wang C, Glaser F, Sinha N, Wenger OS. Metal-Organic Bichromophore Lowers the Upconversion Excitation Power Threshold and Promotes UV Photoreactions. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:11402-11414. [PMID: 37186558 PMCID: PMC10214436 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Sensitized triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion is a promising strategy to use visible light for chemical reactions requiring the energy input of UV photons. This strategy avoids unsafe ultraviolet light sources and can mitigate photo-damage and provide access to reactions, for which filter effects hamper direct UV excitation. Here, we report a new approach to make blue-to-UV upconversion more amenable to photochemical applications. The tethering of a naphthalene unit to a cyclometalated iridium(III) complex yields a bichromophore with a high triplet energy (2.68 eV) and a naphthalene-based triplet reservoir featuring a lifetime of 72.1 μs, roughly a factor of 20 longer than the photoactive excited state of the parent iridium(III) complex. In combination with three different annihilators, consistently lower thresholds for the blue-to-UV upconversion to crossover from a quadratic into a linear excitation power dependence regime were observed with the bichromophore compared to the parent iridium(III) complex. The upconversion system composed of the bichromophore and the 2,5-diphenyloxazole annihilator is sufficiently robust under long-term blue irradiation to continuously provide a high-energy singlet-excited state that can drive chemical reactions normally requiring UV light. Both photoredox and energy transfer catalyses were feasible using this concept, including the reductive N-O bond cleavage of Weinreb amides, a C-C coupling reaction based on reductive aryl debromination, and two Paternò-Büchi [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions. Our work seems relevant in the context of developing new strategies for driving energetically demanding photochemistry with low-energy input light.
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- Han Li
- Department of Chemistry, University
of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, Basel 4056, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, Basel 4056, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, Basel 4056, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, Basel 4056, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, Basel 4056, Switzerland
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Maroń AM, Palion-Gazda J, Szłapa-Kula A, Schab-Balcerzak E, Siwy M, Sulowska K, Maćkowski S, Machura B. Controlling of Photophysical Behavior of Rhenium(I) Complexes with 2,6-Di(thiazol-2-yl)pyridine-Based Ligands by Pendant π-Conjugated Aryl Groups. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:11019. [PMID: 36232327 PMCID: PMC9569785 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The structure-property correlations and control of electronic excited states in transition metal complexes (TMCs) are of high significance for TMC-based functional material development. Within these studies, a series of Re(I) carbonyl complexes with aryl-substituted 2,6-di(thiazol-2-yl)pyridines (Arn-dtpy) was synthesized, and their ground- and excited-state properties were investigated. A number of condensed aromatic rings, which function as the linking mode of the aryl substituent, play a fundamental role in controlling photophysics of the resulting [ReCl(CO)3(Arn-dtpy-κ2N)]. Photoexcitation of [ReCl(CO)3(Arn-dtpy-κ2N)] with 1-naphthyl-, 2-naphthyl-, 9-phenanthrenyl leads to the population of 3MLCT. The lowest triplet state of Re(I) chromophores bearing 9-anthryl, 2-anthryl, 1-pyrenyl groups is ligand localized. The rhenium(I) complex with appended 1-pyrenyl group features long-lived room temperature emission attributed to the equilibrium between 3MLCT and 3IL/3ILCT. The excited-state dynamics in complexes [ReCl(CO)3(9-anthryl-dtpy-κ2N)] and [ReCl(CO)3(2-anthryl-dtpy-κ2N)] is strongly dependent on the electronic coupling between anthracene and {ReCl(CO)3(dtpy-κ2N)}. Less steric hindrance between the chromophores in [ReCl(CO)3(2-anthryl-dtpy-κ2N)] is responsible for the faster formation of 3IL/3ILCT and larger contribution of 3ILCTanthracene→dtpy in relation to the isomeric complex [ReCl(CO)3(9-anthryl-dtpy-κ2N)]. In agreement with stronger electronic communication between the aryl and Re(I) coordination centre, [ReCl(CO)3(2-anthryl-dtpy-κ2N)] displays room-temperature emission contributed to by 3MLCT and 3ILanthracene/3ILCTanthracene→dtpy phosphorescence. The latter presents rarely observed phenomena in luminescent metal complexes.
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- Anna M. Maroń
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland
- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Sklodowska 34, 41-819 Zabrze, Poland
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- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Sklodowska 34, 41-819 Zabrze, Poland
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- Nanophotonics Group, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Nanophotonics Group, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland
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Aoki S, Yokoi K, Hisamatsu Y, Balachandran C, Tamura Y, Tanaka T. Post-complexation Functionalization of Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes and Applications to Biomedical and Material Sciences. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2022; 380:36. [PMID: 35948812 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-022-00401-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cyclometalated iridium(III) (Ir(III)) complexes exhibit excellent photophysical properties that include large Stokes shift, high emission quantum yields, and microsecond-order emission lifetimes, due to low-lying metal-to-ligand charge transfer (spin-forbidden singlet-triplet (3MLCT) transition). As a result, analogs have been applied for research not only in the material sciences, such as the development of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), but also for photocatalysts, bioimaging probes, and anticancer reagents. Although a variety of methods for the synthesis and the applications of functionalized cyclometalated iridium complexes have been reported, functional groups are generally introduced to the ligands prior to the complexation with Ir salts. Therefore, it is difficult to introduce thermally unstable functional groups such as peptides and sugars due to the harsh reaction conditions such as the high temperatures used in the complexation with Ir salts. In this review, the functionalization of Ir complexes after the formation of cyclometalated Ir complexes and their biological and material applications are described. These methods are referred to as "post-complexation functionalization (PCF)." In this review, applications of PCF to the design and synthesis of Ir(III) complexes that exhibit blue -red and white color emissions, luminescence pH probes, luminescent probes of cancer cells, compounds that induce cell death in cancer cells, and luminescent complexes that have long emission lifetimes are summarized.
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- Shin Aoki
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan. .,Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan. .,Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.,Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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Sasaki Y, Yanai N, Kimizuka N. Osmium Complex-Chromophore Conjugates with Both Singlet-to-Triplet Absorption and Long Triplet Lifetime through Tuning of the Heavy-Atom Effect. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:5982-5990. [PMID: 35080875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Os(II) complexes showing singlet-to-triplet absorption are of growing interest as a new class of triplet sensitizers that circumvent energy loss during intersystem crossing, and they enable effective utilization of input photon energy in various applications, such as photoredox catalysis, photodynamic therapy, and photon upconversion. However, triplet excited-state lifetimes of Os(II) complexes are often too short (τ < 1 μs) to transfer their energy to neighboring molecules. While the covalent conjugation of chromophores has been known to extend the net excited-state lifetimes through an intramolecular triplet energy transfer (IMET), heavy-atom effects of the central metals on the attached chromophore units have rarely been discussed. Here, we investigate the relationship between the spin-density contribution of the heavy metals and the net triplet excited-state lifetimes for a series of Os(II) and Ru(II) bis(terpyridine) complexes modified with perylene units. Phosphorescence lifetimes of these compounds strongly depend on the lifetimes of the perylenyl group-localized excited states that are shortened by the heavy-atom effect. The degree of heavy-atom effect can be largely circumvented by introducing meta-phenylene bridges, where the perylene unit retains its intrinsic long excited-state lifetime. The thermal activation to the short-lived excited states is suppressed, thanks to sufficient but still small energy losses during the IMET process. Involvement of the metal center was also confirmed by the prolonged lifetime by replacing Os(II) with Ru(II) that possesses a smaller spin-orbit coupling constant. These results indicate the importance of ligand structures that give a minimum heavy-atom effect as well as the sufficient energy gap among the excited states and fast IMET for elongating the triplet excited-state lifetime without sacrificing the excitation energy.
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- Yoichi Sasaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.,PRESTO, JST, Honcho 4-1-8, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Tong Y, Liu Y, Chen Q, Mo Y, Ma Y. Long-Lived Triplet Excited-State Bichromophoric Iridium Photocatalysts for Controlled Photo-Mediated Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yujie Tong
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Balzani V, Ceroni P, Credi A, Venturi M. Ruthenium tris(bipyridine) complexes: Interchange between photons and electrons in molecular-scale devices and machines. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Yang Y, Brückmann J, Frey W, Rau S, Karnahl M, Tschierlei S. Electron Storage Capability and Singlet Oxygen Productivity of a Ru II Photosensitizer Containing a Fused Naphthaloylenebenzene Moiety at the 1,10-Phenanthroline Ligand. Chemistry 2020; 26:17027-17034. [PMID: 32519770 PMCID: PMC7820985 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
As a novel rylene type dye a diimine ligand with a fully rigid and extended π-system in its backbone was prepared by directly fusing a 1,10-phenanthroline building block with 1,8-naphthalimide. The corresponding heteroleptic ruthenium photosensitizer bearing one biipo and two tbbpy ligands was synthesized and extensively analyzed by a combination of NMR, single crystal X-ray diffraction, steady-state absorption and emission, time-resolved spectroscopy and different electrochemical measurements supported by time-dependent density functional theory calculations. The cyclic and differential pulse voltammograms revealed, that the naphthaloylenebenzene moiety enables an additional second reduction of the ligand. Moreover, this ligand possesses a very broad absorption in the visible region. In the RuII complex this causes an overlap of ligand-centered and metal-to-ligand charge transfer transitions. The emission of the complex is clearly redshifted compared to the ligand emission with very long-lived excited states lifetimes of 1.7 and 24.7 μs in oxygen-free acetonitrile solution. This behavior is accompanied by a surprisingly high oxygen sensitivity. Finally, this photosensitizer was successfully applied for the effective evolution of singlet oxygen challenging some of the common RuII prototype complexes.
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- Yingya Yang
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry IUlm UniversityAlbert-Einstein-Allee 1189081UlmGermany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry IUlm UniversityAlbert-Einstein-Allee 1189081UlmGermany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity of StuttgartPfaffenwaldring 5570569StuttgartGermany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry IUlm UniversityAlbert-Einstein-Allee 1189081UlmGermany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity of StuttgartPfaffenwaldring 5570569StuttgartGermany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry IUlm UniversityAlbert-Einstein-Allee 1189081UlmGermany
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical ChemistryTechnische Universität BraunschweigGaußstraße 1738106BraunschweigGermany
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Sarkar SK, Rao SE, Thilagar P. Molecular Conformational Effect on Optical Properties and Fluoride Induced Color Changes in Triarylborane-Vinylbithiophene-BODIPY Conjugates. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:8896-8903. [PMID: 32975933 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c07463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Three new triads [bis(mesityl)boryl (Mes2B)-vinylbithiophene-BODIPY] bearing zero (1), two (2), and four (3) methyl groups on the BODIPY core are synthesized, and their optical properties are reported. The vinyl linker between the thiophene rings in the spacer moiety improved the electronic communication between the boryl and BODIPY units. It displayed a bathochromic shift in the absorption and emission spectra compared to the Mes2B-bithiophene-BODIPY triad reported elsewhere. These compounds exhibit intriguing multiple-emission features due to an incomplete energy transfer from donor borane to the acceptor BODIPY unit. These compounds' photoluminescence color can be conveniently fine-tuned by fluoride binding at the coordinatively unsaturated tricoordinate boron center. Triad 3, with a rigid molecular structure, showed a sharp emission band, whereas triads 1 and 2, with flexible molecular structures, displayed broad emission bands with a robust bathochromic shift, ascribed to their excited state structural reorganizations. These triads selectively bind fluoride ions and show colorimetric responses, which can be seen with an unaided eye. DFT computational studies were performed to rationalize the optical signatures of these compounds.
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- Samir Kumar Sarkar
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Wells KA, Yarnell JE, Palmer JR, Lee TS, Papa CM, Castellano FN. Energy Migration Processes in Re(I) MLCT Complexes Featuring a Chromophoric Ancillary Ligand. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:8259-8271. [PMID: 32491840 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We present the synthesis, structural characterization, electronic structure calculations, and ultrafast and supra-nanosecond photophysical properties of a series of five Re(I) bichromophores exhibiting metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excited states based on the general formula fac-[Re(N∧N)(CO)3(PNI-py)]PF6, where PNI-py is 4-piperidinyl-1,8-naphthalimidepyridine and N∧N is a diimine ligand (Re1-5), along with their corresponding model chromophores where 4-ethylpyridine was substituted for PNI-py (Mod1-5). The diimine ligands used include 1,10-phenanthroline (phen, 1), 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (bcp, 2), 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine (dtbb, 3), 4,4'-diethyl ester-2,2'-bipyridine (deeb, 4), and 2,2'-biquinoline (biq, 5). In these metal-organic bichromophores, structural modification of the diimine ligand resulted in substantial changes to the observed energy transfer efficiencies between the two chromophores as a result of the variation in 3MLCT excited-state energies. The photophysical properties and energetic pathways of the model chromophores were investigated in parallel to accurately track the changes that arose from introduction of the organic chromophore pendant on the ancillary ligand. All relevant photophysical and energy transfer processes were probed and characterized using time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy, ultrafast and nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, and time-dependent density functional theory calculations. Of the five bichromophores in this study, four (Re1-4) exhibited a thermal equilibrium between the 3PNI-py and the 3MLCT excited state, drastically extending the lifetimes of the parent model chromophores.
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- Kaylee A Wells
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States.,Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80840-6230, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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Kazama A, Imai Y, Okayasu Y, Yamada Y, Yuasa J, Aoki S. Design and Synthesis of Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes-Chromophore Hybrids that Exhibit Long-Emission Lifetimes Based on a Reversible Electronic Energy Transfer Mechanism. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:6905-6922. [PMID: 32352765 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report on the design and synthesis of triscyclometalated iridium (Ir) complexes that contain aryloxy groups at the end of diamino linkers, which exhibit an extraordinarily long-emission lifetime, and were prepared by regioselective substitution reactions of fac-tris-homoleptic cyclometalated Ir complexes, fac-Ir(tpy)3 (tpy = 2-(4'-tolyl)pyridine). It was found that the Ir(tpy)3 complex, equipped with approximately one to six 6-N,N-dimethylamino-2-naphthoic acid (DMANA) groups through the appropriate alkyl linkers, exhibited remarkably long-emission lifetimes of up to 216 μs in DMSO/H2O at room temperature through a reversible electronic energy transfer effect between the Ir complex core and the organic chromophore moieties; however, under the same conditions, the lifetime of fac-Ir(tpy)3 was 1.4 μs. Regarding the mechanistic aspects, the relationship between the emission lifetimes of the Ir complexes and the structures and numbers of the conjugated chromophores, linker lengths, solvents, positions of the chromophores on the Ir(tpy)3 core, and related items are discussed.
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- Ayami Kazama
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemisty, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemisty, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.,Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.,JST, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemisty, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.,Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Junek J, Ondič L, Žídek K. Random temporal laser speckles for the robust measurement of sub-microsecond photoluminescence decay. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:12363-12372. [PMID: 32403734 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) is commonly used to track dynamics in a broad range of materials. Thus, the search for simplification of the acquisition of PL kinetics attracts continuous attention. This paper presents a new robust and straightforward approach to the measurement of PL decay, which is based on randomly fluctuating excitation intensity. The random excitation waveform is attained by using laser speckles generated on a rotating diffuser. Owing to this, the presented technique is able to utilize any coherent excitation source without the necessity to generate short pulses or to controllably modulate the light. PL decay can be computationally reconstructed from the Fourier image of the PL trace. The paper demonstrates the performance of the method, which is able to acquire sub-microsecond dynamics as the impulse response function reaches 300 ns. The reconstructed PL decays were compared to streak camera measurements to verify the method. Finally, potential limitations and applications of the technique are discussed.
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La Rosa M, Payne EH, Credi A. Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Components of Photoactive Supramolecular Architectures. ChemistryOpen 2020; 9:200-213. [PMID: 32055433 PMCID: PMC7008307 DOI: 10.1002/open.201900336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Luminescent quantum dots (QDs) are colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals consisting of an inorganic core covered by a molecular layer of organic surfactants. Although QDs have been known for more than thirty years, they are still attracting the interest of researchers because of their unique size-tunable optical and electrical properties arising from quantum confinement. Moreover, the controlled decoration of the QD surface with suitable molecular species enables the rational design of inorganic-organic multicomponent architectures that can show a vast array of functionalities. This minireview highlights the recent progress in the use of surface-modified QDs - in particular, those based on cadmium chalcogenides - as supramolecular platforms for light-related applications such as optical sensing, triplet photosensitization, photocatalysis and phototherapy.
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- Marcello La Rosa
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ViaGobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentariUniversità di BolognaViale Fanin 5040127BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ViaGobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- EaStChem School of ChemistryThe University of EdinburghDavid Brewster RoadEdinburghEH9 3FJUK
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ViaGobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari”Università di BolognaViale Risorgimento 440136BolognaItaly
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Yarnell JE, Wells KA, Palmer JR, Breaux JM, Castellano FN. Excited-State Triplet Equilibria in a Series of Re(I)-Naphthalimide Bichromophores. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7611-7627. [PMID: 31405284 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b05688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present the synthesis, structural characterization, electronic structure calculations, and the ultrafast and supra-nanosecond photophysical properties of a series of five bichromophores of the general structural formula [Re(5-R-phen)(CO)3(dmap)](PF6), where R is a naphthalimide (NI), phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, and dmap is 4-dimethylaminopyridine. The NI chromophores were systematically modified at their 4-positions with -H (NI), -Br (BrNI), phenoxy (PONI), thiobenzene (PSNI), and piperidine (PNI), rendering a series of metal-organic bichromophores (Re1-Re5, respectively) featuring variability in the singlet and triplet energies in the pendant NI subunit. Five closely related organic chromophores as well as [Re(phen)(CO)3(dmap)](PF6) (Re6) were investigated in parallel to appropriately model the photophysical properties exhibited in the bichromophores. The excited state processes of all molecules in this study were elucidated using a combination of transient absorption spectroscopy and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, revealing the kinetics of the energy transfer processes occurring between the appended chromophores. The spectroscopic analysis was further supported by electronic structure calculations which identified the origin of many of the experimentally observed electronic transitions.
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- James E Yarnell
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States.,Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80840-6230 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80840-6230 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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Baroncini M, Canton M, Casimiro L, Corra S, Groppi J, La Rosa M, Silvi S, Credi A. Photoactive Molecular-Based Devices, Machines and Materials: Recent Advances. Eur J Inorg Chem 2018; 2018:4589-4603. [PMID: 31007574 PMCID: PMC6472663 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Molecular and supramolecular-based systems and materials that can perform predetermined functions in response to light stimulation have been extensively studied in the past three decades. Their investigation continues to be a highly stimulating topic of chemical research, not only because of the inherent scientific value related to a bottom-up approach to functional nanostructures, but also for the prospective applications in diverse fields of technology and medicine. Light is an important tool in this context, as it can be conveniently used both for supplying energy to the system and for probing its states and transformations. In this microreview we recall some basic aspects of light-induced processes in (supra)molecular assemblies, and discuss their exploitation to implement novel functionalities with nanostructured devices, machines and materials. To this aim we illustrate a few examples from our own recent work, which are meant to illustrate the trends of current research in the field.
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- Massimo Baroncini
- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la FotoreattivitàConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCLAN‐Center for Light Activated NanostructuresVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro‐alimentariUniversità di BolognaViale Fanin 5040127BolognaItaly
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la FotoreattivitàConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCLAN‐Center for Light Activated NanostructuresVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di BolognaVia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la FotoreattivitàConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCLAN‐Center for Light Activated NanostructuresVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di BolognaVia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la FotoreattivitàConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCLAN‐Center for Light Activated NanostructuresVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro‐alimentariUniversità di BolognaViale Fanin 5040127BolognaItaly
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la FotoreattivitàConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCLAN‐Center for Light Activated NanostructuresVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro‐alimentariUniversità di BolognaViale Fanin 5040127BolognaItaly
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la FotoreattivitàConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCLAN‐Center for Light Activated NanostructuresVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro‐alimentariUniversità di BolognaViale Fanin 5040127BolognaItaly
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la FotoreattivitàConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCLAN‐Center for Light Activated NanostructuresVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di BolognaVia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la FotoreattivitàConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCLAN‐Center for Light Activated NanostructuresVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro‐alimentariUniversità di BolognaViale Fanin 5040127BolognaItaly
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Davidson R, Hsu YT, Griffiths GC, Li C, Yufit D, Pal R, Beeby A. Highly Linearized Twisted Iridium(III) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:14450-14462. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9AJ, Scotland
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Chen Q, Liu Y, Guo X, Peng J, Garakyaraghi S, Papa CM, Castellano FN, Zhao D, Ma Y. Energy Transfer Dynamics in Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Using a Bichromophoric Heavy-Atom-Free Sensitizer. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:6673-6682. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Qi Chen
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Davidson RJ, Hsu YT, Yufit D, Beeby A. Emission Tuning of Ir(N∧C)2(pic)-Based Complexes via Torsional Twisting of Picolinate Substituents. Organometallics 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Ross J. Davidson
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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La Rosa M, Denisov SA, Jonusauskas G, McClenaghan ND, Credi A. Designed Long-Lived Emission from CdSe Quantum Dots through Reversible Electronic Energy Transfer with a Surface-Bound Chromophore. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:3104-3107. [PMID: 29383800 PMCID: PMC5873259 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The size-tunable emission of luminescent quantum dots (QDs) makes them highly interesting for applications that range from bioimaging to optoelectronics. For the same applications, engineering their luminescence lifetime, in particular, making it longer, would be as important; however, no rational approach to reach this goal is available to date. We describe a strategy to prolong the emission lifetime of QDs through electronic energy shuttling to the triplet excited state of a surface-bound molecular chromophore. To implement this idea, we made CdSe QDs of different sizes and carried out self-assembly with a pyrene derivative. We observed that the conjugates exhibit delayed luminescence, with emission decays that are prolonged by more than 3 orders of magnitude (lifetimes up to 330 μs) compared to the parent CdSe QDs. The mechanism invokes unprecedented reversible quantum dot to organic chromophore electronic energy transfer.
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- Marcello La Rosa
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresUniversità di Bologna and Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentariUniversità di BolognaViale Fanin 5040127BolognaItaly
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, CNRS UMR 5255Université de Bordeaux33405TalenceFrance
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- Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine, CNRS UMR 5798Université de Bordeaux33405TalenceFrance
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, CNRS UMR 5255Université de Bordeaux33405TalenceFrance
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresUniversità di Bologna and Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheVia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentariUniversità di BolognaViale Fanin 5040127BolognaItaly
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La Rosa M, Denisov SA, Jonusauskas G, McClenaghan ND, Credi A. Designed Long-Lived Emission from CdSe Quantum Dots through Reversible Electronic Energy Transfer with a Surface-Bound Chromophore. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201712403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Marcello La Rosa
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures; Università di Bologna and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari; Università di Bologna; Viale Fanin 50 40127 Bologna Italy
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, CNRS UMR 5255; Université de Bordeaux; 33405 Talence France
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- Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine, CNRS UMR 5798; Université de Bordeaux; 33405 Talence France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, CNRS UMR 5255; Université de Bordeaux; 33405 Talence France
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures; Università di Bologna and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari; Università di Bologna; Viale Fanin 50 40127 Bologna Italy
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Kuramochi Y, Hashimoto S, Kawakami Y, Asano MS, Satake A. Visualization of nonemissive triplet species of Zn(ii) porphyrins through Cu(ii) porphyrin emission via the reservoir mechanism in a porphyrin macroring. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2018; 17:883-888. [DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00210j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A macroring shows long-lived near-IR emission from Cu(ii) porphyrin via the reservoir mechanism. The significant emission quenching by O2 suggests that the T1 state of Zn(ii) porphyrin can be monitored by the near-IR emission.
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- Yusuke Kuramochi
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Shinjuku-ku
- Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science
- School of Science and Technology
- Gunma University
- Kiryu
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Shinjuku-ku
- Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science
- School of Science and Technology
- Gunma University
- Kiryu
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Shinjuku-ku
- Japan
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Patra SG, Zangrando E, Datta D. The effect of an ancillary ligand proton on the photophysical properties of some Ru IIN 6cores: a proton valve. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj02274c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The proton of the ancillary ligand (lig) in [Ru(bpy/phen)2(lig)]2+decides whether a Ru(ii)N6core will be emissive or not.
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- Shanti G. Patra
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Calcutta 700032
- India
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- 34127 Trieste
- Italy
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Calcutta 700032
- India
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Light-driven molecular machines based on ruthenium(II) polypyridine complexes: Strategies and recent advances. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Asano MS, Shibuki M, Otsuka T. Prolonged Lifetime of Near-IR Emission due to a Reservoir State in a Phenylene-linked Copper(II) Porphyrin–Zinc(II) Porphyrin Dimer. CHEM LETT 2016. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.160442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Vonlanthen M, Cevallos-Vallejo A, Aguilar-Ortíz E, Ruiu A, Porcu P, Rivera E. Synthesis, characterization and photophysical studies of novel pyrene labeled ruthenium (II) trisbipyridine complex cored dendrimers. POLYMER 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.06.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jiang X, Guo X, Peng J, Zhao D, Ma Y. Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Photon Upconversion in Polymer Thin Film: Sensitizer Design. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:11441-11449. [PMID: 27082767 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Efficient visible-to-UV photon upconversion via triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) is accomplished in polyurethane (PU) films by developing new, powerful photosensitizers fully functional in the solid-state matrix. These rationally designed triplet sensitizers feature a bichromophoric scaffold comprising a tris-cyclometalated iridium(III) complex covalently tethered to a suitable organic small molecule. The very rapid intramolecular triplet energy transfer from the former to the latter is pivotal for achieving the potent sensitizing ability, because this process out-competes the radiative and nonradiative decays inherent to the metal complex and produces long-lived triplet excitons localized with the acceptor moiety readily available for intermolecular transfer and TTA. Nonetheless, compared to the solution state, the molecular diffusion is greatly limited in solid matrices, which even creates difficulty for the Dexter-type intramolecular energy transfer. This is proven by the experimental results showing that the sensitizing performance of the bichromophoric molecules strongly depends on the spatial distance separating the donor (D) and acceptor (A) units and that incorporating a longer linker between the D and A evidently curbs the TTA upconversion efficiency in PU films. Using a rationally optimized sensitizer structure in combination with 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene as the annihilator/emitter, the doped polyurethane (PU) films demonstrate effective visible-to-UV upconverted emission signal under noncoherent-light irradiation, attaining an upconversion quantum yield of 2.6%. Such quantum efficiency is the highest value so far reported for the visible-to-UV TTA systems in solid matrices.
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- Xinpeng Jiang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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Denisov SA, Yu S, Pozzo JL, Jonusauskas G, McClenaghan ND. Harnessing Reversible Electronic Energy Transfer: From Molecular Dyads to Molecular Machines. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:1794-804. [PMID: 26945897 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Reversible electronic energy transfer (REET) may be instilled in bi-/multichromophoric molecule-based systems, following photoexcitation, upon judicious structural integration of matched chromophores. This leads to a new set of photophysical properties for the ensemble, which can be fully characterized by steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic methods. Herein, we take a comprehensive look at progress in the development of this type of supermolecule in the last five years, which has seen systems evolve from covalently tethered dyads to synthetic molecular machines, exemplified by two different pseudorotaxanes. Indeed, REET holds promise in the control of movement in molecular machines, their assembly/disassembly, as well as in charge separation.
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- Sergey A Denisov
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université Bordeaux/ CNRS, 351 crs de la liberation, 33405, Talence cedex, France.,Laboratoire Ondes et Matière O'Aquitaine, Université Bordeaux/ CNRS, 351 crs de la liberation, 33405, Talence cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université Bordeaux/ CNRS, 351 crs de la liberation, 33405, Talence cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université Bordeaux/ CNRS, 351 crs de la liberation, 33405, Talence cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Ondes et Matière O'Aquitaine, Université Bordeaux/ CNRS, 351 crs de la liberation, 33405, Talence cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université Bordeaux/ CNRS, 351 crs de la liberation, 33405, Talence cedex, France.
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Yarnell JE, McCusker CE, Leeds AJ, Breaux JM, Castellano FN. Exposing the Excited-State Equilibrium in an IrIIIBichromophore: A Combined Time Resolved Spectroscopy and Computational Study. Eur J Inorg Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Jiang X, Peng J, Wang J, Guo X, Zhao D, Ma Y. Iridium-Based High-Sensitivity Oxygen Sensors and Photosensitizers with Ultralong Triplet Lifetimes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:3591-600. [PMID: 26592255 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The photophysics of a series of bichromophoric molecules featuring an intramolecular triplet energy transfer between a triscyclometalated iridium(III) complex and covalently linked organic group are studied. By systematically varying the energy gap (0.1-0.3 eV) between the donor (metal complex) and acceptor (pyrene unit), reversible triplet energy transfer processes with equilibrium constant K ranging from ca. 500 to 40 000 are established. Unique photophysical consequences of such large K values are observed. Because of the highly imbalanced forward and backward energy transfer rates, triplet excitons dominantly populate the acceptor moiety in the steady state, giving rise to ultralong luminescence lifetimes up to 1-4 ms. Because the triscyclometalated Ir and triplet pyrene groups both impart relatively small nonradiative energy loss, decent phosphorescence quantum yields (Φ = 0.1-0.6) are attained in spite of the exceptionally prolonged excited states. By virtue of such precious combination of long-lived triplet state and high Φ, these bichromophoric molecules can serve as highly sensitive luminescent sensors for detecting trace amount of O2 and as potent photosensitizers for producing singlet oxygen even under low-oxygen content conditions.
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- Xinpeng Jiang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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Medina-Rodríguez S, Denisov SA, Cudré Y, Male L, Marín-Suárez M, Fernández-Gutiérrez A, Fernández-Sánchez JF, Tron A, Jonusauskas G, McClenaghan ND, Baranoff E. High performance optical oxygen sensors based on iridium complexes exhibiting interchromophore energy shuttling. Analyst 2016; 141:3090-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c6an00497k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reversible electronic energy transfer is used for sensing oxygen traces and results in very high sensitivity.
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Birmingham
- Edgbaston B15 2TT
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Birmingham
- Edgbaston B15 2TT
- UK
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry
- Faculty of Sciences
- University of Granada
- 18071 Granada
- Spain
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- Université Bordeaux/CNRS
- ISM
- 33405 Talence Cedex
- France
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Denisov SA, Gan Q, Wang X, Scarpantonio L, Ferrand Y, Kauffmann B, Jonusauskas G, Huc I, McClenaghan ND. Electronic Energy Transfer Modulation in a Dynamic Foldaxane: Proof-of-Principle of a Lifetime-Based Conformation Probe. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:1328-33. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Sergey A. Denisov
- Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS UMR 5255; 351 Crs de la Libération 33405 Talence France
- Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS UMR 5798; 351 Crs de la Libération 33405 Talence France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248; France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248; France
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- Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS UMR 5255; 351 Crs de la Libération 33405 Talence France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248; France
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMS3033; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB); 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, IECB, UMS3033-INSERM, IECB, US001; France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248; France
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Denisov SA, Gan Q, Wang X, Scarpantonio L, Ferrand Y, Kauffmann B, Jonusauskas G, Huc I, McClenaghan ND. Electronic Energy Transfer Modulation in a Dynamic Foldaxane: Proof-of-Principle of a Lifetime-Based Conformation Probe. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sergey A. Denisov
- Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS UMR 5255; 351 Crs de la Libération 33405 Talence France
- Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS UMR 5798; 351 Crs de la Libération 33405 Talence France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248; France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248; France
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- Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS UMR 5255; 351 Crs de la Libération 33405 Talence France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248; France
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMS3033; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB); 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, IECB, UMS3033-INSERM, IECB, US001; France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248; France
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Synthesis, structure, characterization and luminescent properties of copper(I) complexes based on bis-diimine bridging ligands. Inorganica Chim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2015.07.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Doistau B, Rossi-Gendron C, Tron A, McClenaghan ND, Chamoreau LM, Hasenknopf B, Vives G. Switchable platinum-based tweezers with Pt-Pt bonding and selective luminescence quenching. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:8543-51. [PMID: 25567544 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt03230f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Molecular tweezers incorporating peripheral platinum salphen complexes and a central chelating terpyridine group have been synthesized. The terpyridine can be switched upon metal binding between a free 'W' shaped form and a coordinated 'U' form. The crystallographic structure of the zinc-closed molecular tweezers was obtained and presented a strong π-stacking between the Pt-salphen units associated with a Pt-Pt bond. The luminescence properties, notably in response to selected guest ions (Zn(2+), Pb(2+), Hg(2+)) and the resulting mechanical motion, have been investigated by UV-Vis and emission spectroscopy. While ion coordination to the terpy resulted in no significant changes in the luminescence, a selective intercalation of a second Hg(2+) associated with a large differential quenching was observed.
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- Benjamin Doistau
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France.
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Nakamura G, Kondo M, Crisalli M, Lee SK, Shibata A, Ford PC, Masaoka S. Syntheses and properties of phosphine-substituted ruthenium(ii) polypyridine complexes with nitrogen oxides. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:17189-200. [DOI: 10.1039/c5dt02994e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The substitution lability of the nitrogen oxide ligands of novel phosphine-substituted ruthenium(ii) polypyridine complexes is discussed in comparison with that of the corresponding acetonitrile complexes.
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- Go Nakamura
- Institute for Molecular Science (IMS)
- Okazaki
- Japan
- Department of Structural Molecular Science
- School of Physical Sciences
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- Institute for Molecular Science (IMS)
- Okazaki
- Japan
- Department of Structural Molecular Science
- School of Physical Sciences
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of California at Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara
- USA
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- Institute for Molecular Science (IMS)
- Okazaki
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of California at Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara
- USA
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- Institute for Molecular Science (IMS)
- Okazaki
- Japan
- Department of Structural Molecular Science
- School of Physical Sciences
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Howarth AJ, Davies DL, Lelj F, Wolf MO, Patrick BO. Tuning the emission lifetime in bis-cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes bearing iminopyrene ligands. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:11882-9. [PMID: 25347609 DOI: 10.1021/ic501032t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Bis-cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes with the general formula Ir(ppz)2(X^NPyrene), where ppz = 1-phenylpyrazole and X^NPyrene is a bidentate chelate with X = N or O, are reported. Modifications on the ancillary ligand containing pyrene drastically affect the emission lifetimes observed (0.329 to 104 μs). Extended emission lifetimes in these complexes compared to model complexes result from reversible electronic energy transfer or the observation of dual emission containing along-lived pyrene ligand-centered triplet ((3)LC) component. A combination of steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques are used to observe reversible electronic energy transfer in solution between the iridium core and pyrene moiety in the complex [Ir(ppz)2(NMe^NCH2Pyr)][PF6] (2), where NMe^NCH2Pyr = N-(pyren-1-ylmethyl)-1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethaneimine. Studies on [Ir(ppz)2(NMe^NCH2Pyr)][PF6] in a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) film reveal that reversible energy transfer is no longer effective, and instead, dual emission with a long-lived (3)LC component from pyrene is observed. Dual emission is observed in additional cyclometalated iridium complexes bearing pyrene-containing ancillary ligands N^NPyrene and O^NPyrene when the complexes are dispersed in a PMMA film.
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- Ashlee J Howarth
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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McCusker CE, Chakraborty A, Castellano FN. Excited State Equilibrium Induced Lifetime Extension in a Dinuclear Platinum(II) Complex. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:10391-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp503827e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Catherine E. McCusker
- Department
of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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Denisov S, Cudré Y, Verwilst P, Jonusauskas G, Marín-Suárez M, Fernández-Sánchez JF, Baranoff E, McClenaghan ND. Direct observation of reversible electronic energy transfer involving an iridium center. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:2677-82. [PMID: 24555716 PMCID: PMC3950932 DOI: 10.1021/ic4030712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A cyclometalated iridium complex is reported where the core complex comprises naphthylpyridine as the main ligand and the ancillary 2,2'-bipyridine ligand is attached to a pyrene unit by a short alkyl bridge. To obtain the complex with satisfactory purity, it was necessary to modify the standard synthesis (direct reaction of the ancillary ligand with the chloro-bridged iridium dimer) to a method harnessing an intermediate tetramethylheptanolate-based complex, which was subjected to acid-promoted removal of the ancillary ligand and subsequent complexation. The photophysical behavior of the bichromophoric complex and a model complex without the pendant pyrene were studied using steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopies. Reversible electronic energy transfer (REET) is demonstrated, uniquely with an emissive cyclometalated iridium center and an adjacent organic chromophore. After excited-state equilibration is established (5 ns) as a result of REET, extremely long luminescence lifetimes of up to 225 μs result, compared to 8.3 μs for the model complex, without diminishing the emission quantum yield. As a result, remarkably high oxygen sensitivity is observed in both solution and polymeric matrices.
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- Sergey
A. Denisov
- Université
Bordeaux/CNRS, ISM, 351
cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
- Université
Bordeaux/CNRS, LOMA, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Université
Bordeaux/CNRS, ISM, 351
cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- Université
Bordeaux/CNRS, LOMA, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty
of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Université
Bordeaux/CNRS, ISM, 351
cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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Peng J, Jiang X, Guo X, Zhao D, Ma Y. Sensitizer design for efficient triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion: annihilator-appended tris-cyclometalated Ir(iii) complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:7828-30. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc01465k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Solarski J, Angulo G, Kapturkiewicz A. Energy transfer from the excited 3*MLCT states to organic acceptors—Solvent effect studies. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2013.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ragazzon G, Verwilst P, Denisov SA, Credi A, Jonusauskas G, McClenaghan ND. Ruthenium(ii) complexes based on tridentate polypyridine ligands that feature long-lived room-temperature luminescence. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:9110-2. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45387a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Muro-Small ML, Yarnell JE, McCusker CE, Castellano FN. Spectroscopy and Photophysics in Cyclometalated RuII-Bis(bipyridyl) Complexes. Eur J Inorg Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201200460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mani T, Niedzwiedzki DM, Vinogradov SA. Generation of phosphorescent triplet states via photoinduced electron transfer: energy and electron transfer dynamics in Pt porphyrin-Rhodamine B dyads. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:3598-610. [PMID: 22400988 DOI: 10.1021/jp301345h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Control over generation and dynamics of excited electronic states is fundamental to their utilization in all areas of technology. We present the first example of multichromophoric systems in which emissive triplet states are generated via a pathway involving photoinduced electron transfer (ET), as opposed to local intrachromophoric processes. In model dyads, PtP-Ph(n)-pRhB(+) (1-3, n = 1-3), comprising platinum(II) meso-tetraarylporphyrin (PtP) and Rhodamine B piperazine derivative (pRhB(+)), linked by oligo-p-phenylene bridges (Ph(n)), upon selective excitation of pRhB(+) at a frequency below that of the lowest allowed transition of PtP, room-temperature T(1)→S(0) phosphorescence of PtP was observed. The pathway leading to the emissive PtP triplet state includes excitation of pRhB(+), ET with formation of the singlet radical pair, intersystem crossing within that pair, and subsequent radical recombination. Because of the close proximity of the triplet energy levels of PtP and pRhB(+), reversible triplet-triplet (TT) energy transfer between these states was observed in dyads 1 and 2. As a result, the phosphorescence of PtP was extended in time by the long decay of the pRhB(+) triplet. Observation of ET and TT in the same series of molecules enabled direct comparison of the distance attenuation factors β between these two closely related processes.
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- Tomoyasu Mani
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Scarpantonio L, Tron A, Destribats C, Godard P, McClenaghan ND. Concatenation of reversible electronic energy transfer and photoinduced electron transfer to control a molecular piston. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:3981-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc30527e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Yan Q, Fan Y, Zhao D. Unusual Temperature-Dependent Photophysics of Oligofluorene-Substituted Tris-Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma2024123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Qifan Yan
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Applied Chemistry
and the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry
of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Applied Chemistry
and the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry
of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Applied Chemistry
and the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry
of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Yarnell JE, Deaton JC, McCusker CE, Castellano FN. Bidirectional “Ping-Pong” Energy Transfer and 3000-Fold Lifetime Enhancement in a Re(I) Charge Transfer Complex. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:7820-30. [DOI: 10.1021/ic200974h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- James E. Yarnell
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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Solarski J, Angulo G, Kapturkiewicz A. Time-resolved luminescence investigations of the reversible energy transfer from the excited 3*MLCT states to organic acceptors—An alternative method for the determination of triplet state energies and lifetimes. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Whited MT, Djurovich PI, Roberts ST, Durrell AC, Schlenker CW, Bradforth SE, Thompson ME. Singlet and Triplet Excitation Management in a Bichromophoric Near-Infrared-Phosphorescent BODIPY-Benzoporphyrin Platinum Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 133:88-96. [DOI: 10.1021/ja108493b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Matthew T. Whited
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Cohen BW, Lovaasen BM, Simpson CK, Cummings SD, Dallinger RF, Hopkins MD. 1000-Fold Enhancement of Luminescence Lifetimes via Energy-Transfer Equilibration with the T1 State of Zn(TPP). Inorg Chem 2010; 49:5777-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ic100316s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Brian W. Cohen
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Dixon IM, Alary F, Heully JL. Electronic peculiarities of the excited states of [RuN5C]+vs. [RuN6]2+ polypyridine complexes: insight from theory. Dalton Trans 2010; 39:10959-66. [DOI: 10.1039/c0dt00563k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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