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Mentzel P, Holzapfel M, Schmiedel A, Günther J, Michel M, Krummenacher I, Wodyński A, Kaupp M, Braunschweig H, Lambert C. Structure and Photophysics of N-Tolanyl-phenochalcogenazines and their Radical Cations. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303782. [PMID: 38293898 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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The study focuses on the structural and photophysical characteristics of neutral and oxidized forms of N-tolanyl-phenochalcogenazines PZX-tolan with X=O, S, Se, and Te. X-ray crystal structure analyses show a pseudo-equatorial (pe) structure of the tolan substituent in the O, S, and Se dyads, while the Te dyad possesses a pseudo-axial (pa) structure. DFT calculations suggest the pe structure for O and S, and the pa structure for Se and Te as stable forms. Steady-state and femtosecond-time resolved optical spectroscopy in toluene solution indicate that the O and S dyads emit from a CT state, whereas the Se and Te dyads emit from a tolan-localized state. The T1 state is tolan-localized in all cases, showing phosphorescence at 77 K. The heavy atom effect of chalcogens induces intersystem crossing from S1 to Tx, resulting in a decreasing S1 lifetime from 2.1 ns to 0.42 ps. The T1 states possess potential for singlet oxygen sensitization with a high quantum yield (ca. 40 %) for the O, S, and Se dyads. Radical cations exhibit spin density primarily localized at the heterocycle. EPR measurements and quasirelativistic DFT calculations reveal a very strong g-tensor anisotropy, supporting the pe structure for the S and Se derivatives.
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- Paul Mentzel
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Theoretische Chemie/Quantenchemie, Sekr. C7, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Theoretische Chemie/Quantenchemie, Sekr. C7, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Roger C, Schmiedel A, Holzapfel M, Lukzen NN, Steiner UE, Lambert C. The influence of hindered rotation on electron transfer and exchange interaction in triarylamine-triptycene-perylene diimide triads. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:4954-4967. [PMID: 38277181 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05785b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
Abstract
Stretched electron-donor-bridge-acceptor triads that exhibit intramolecular twisting degrees of freedom are capable of modulating exchange interaction (J) as well as electronic couplings through variable π-overlap at the linear bond links, affecting the rate constants of photoinduced charge separation and recombination. Here we present an in-depth investigation of such effects induced by methyl substituents leading to controlled steric hindrance of intramolecular twisting around biaryl axes. Starting from the parent structure, consisting of a triphenyl amine donor, a triptycene (TTC) bridge and a phenylene-perylene diimide acceptor (Me0), one of the two phenylene linkers attached to the TTC was ortho-substituted by two methyl groups (Me2, Me3), or both such phenylene linkers by two pairs of methyl groups (Me23). Photoinduced charge separation (kCS) leading to a charge-separated (CS) state was studied by fs-laser spectroscopy, charge recombination to either singlet ground state (kS) or to the first excited local triplet state of the acceptor (kT) by ns-laser spectroscopy, whereby kinetic magnetic field effects in an external magnetic field were recorded and analysed using quantum dynamic simulations of the spin dependent kinetics of the CS state. Kinetic spectra of the initial first order rate constants of charge recombination (k(B)) exhibited characteristic J-resonances progressing to lower fields in the series Me0, Me2, Me3, Me23. From the quantum simulations, the values of the parameters J, kS, kT and kSTD, the singlet/triplet dephasing constant, were obtained. They were analysed in terms of molecular dynamics simulations of the intramolecular twisting dynamics based on potentials calculated by density functional theory. Apart from kT, all of the parameters exhibit a clear correlation with the averaged cosine square products of the biaryl angles.
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- Chantal Roger
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- International Tomography Center, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz, Germany.
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Mims D, Herpich J, Lukzen NN, Steiner UE, Lambert C. Readout of spin quantum beats in a charge-separated radical pair by pump-push spectroscopy. Science 2021; 374:1470-1474. [PMID: 34914495 DOI: 10.1126/science.abl4254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- David Mims
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- International Tomography Center and Novosibirsk State Universit, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Zhukov I, Fishman N, Kiryutin A, Lukzen N, Steiner UE, Vieth HM, Schäfer J, Lambert C, Yurkovskaya A. Mapping 13C hyperfine couplings and exchange interactions in short-lived charge separated states of rigid donor-bridge-acceptor dyads. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:224201. [PMID: 34911300 DOI: 10.1063/5.0073193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A detailed experimental study on reversible photo-induced intramolecular charge separation is presented based on nuclear magnetic resonance detection of chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization. From variation of such polarization with the external magnetic field, the coupling constants of isotropic and anisotropic hyperfine interactions at individual 13C sites are measured in the short-lived charge separated state of dyad molecules composed of donor-bridge-acceptor parts. The objects of study were rigid donor-bridge-acceptor dyads, consisting of triarylamine as a donor, naphthalene diimide as an acceptor, and a meta-conjugated diethynylbenzene fragment as a bridge. By systematic variation of side groups in the bridging moiety, their influence on the electron withdrawing strength is traced. In combination with similar data for the 1H positions obtained previously for the same compounds [I. Zhukov et al., J. Chem. Phys. 152, 014203 (2020)], our results provide a reliable basis for the determination of the spin density distribution in the charge separated state of such dyads.
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- Ivan Zhukov
- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 14, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Bhosale SV, Al Kobaisi M, Jadhav RW, Morajkar PP, Jones LA, George S. Naphthalene diimides: perspectives and promise. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:9845-9998. [PMID: 34308940 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00239a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this review, we describe the developments in the field of naphthalene diimides (NDIs) from 2016 to the presentday. NDIs are shown to be an increasingly interesting class of molecules due to their electronic properties, large electron deficient aromatic cores and tendency to self-assemble into functional structures. Almost all NDIs possess high electron affinity, good charge carrier mobility, and excellent thermal and oxidative stability, making them promising candidates for applications in organic electronics, photovoltaic devices, and flexible displays. NDIs have also been extensively studied due to their potential real-world uses across a wide variety of applications including supramolecular chemistry, sensing, host-guest complexes for molecular switching devices, such as catenanes and rotaxanes, ion-channels, catalysis, and medicine and as non-fullerene accepters in solar cells. In recent years, NDI research with respect to supramolecular assemblies and mechanoluminescent properties has also gained considerable traction. Thus, this review will assist a wide range of readers and researchers including chemists, physicists, biologists, medicinal chemists and materials scientists in understanding the scope for development and applicability of NDI dyes in their respective fields through a discussion of the main properties of NDI derivatives and of the status of emerging applications.
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- Sheshanath V Bhosale
- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- New Chemistry Unit (NCU), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur PO, Bangalore-560064, India
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Buck JT, Mani T. Magnetic Control of Recombination Fluorescence and Tunability by Modulation of Radical Pair Energies in Rigid Donor–Bridge–Acceptor Systems. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:20691-20700. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jason T. Buck
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3060, United States
- PRESTO, JST, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Riese S, Brand JS, Mims D, Holzapfel M, Lukzen NN, Steiner UE, Lambert C. Giant magnetic field effects in donor–acceptor triads: On the charge separation and recombination dynamics in triarylamine–naphthalenediimide triads with bis-diyprrinato-palladium(II), porphodimethenato-palladium(II), and palladium(II)–porphyrin photosensitizers. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:054306. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0013941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Stefan Riese
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 14, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Lazorski MS, Schapiro I, Gaddie RS, Lehnig AP, Atanasov M, Neese F, Steiner UE, Elliott CM. Spin-chemical effects on intramolecular photoinduced charge transfer reactions in bisphenanthroline copper(i)-viologen dyad assemblies. Chem Sci 2020; 11:5511-5525. [PMID: 32874494 PMCID: PMC7448374 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc00830c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Two covalently linked donor-acceptor copper phenanthroline complexes (C-A dyads) of interest for solar energy conversion/storage schemes, [Cu(i)(Rphen(OMV)2 4+)2]9+ = RC+A4 8+ with RC+ = [Cu(i)Rphen2]+ involving 2,9-methyl (R = Me) or 2,9-phenyl (R = Ph)-phenanthroline ligands that are 5,6-disubstituted by 4-(n-butoxy) linked methylviologen electron acceptor groups (A2+ = OMV2+), have been synthesized and investigated via quantum chemical calculations and nanosecond laser flash spectroscopy in 1,2-difluorobenzene/methanol (dfb/MeOH) mixtures. Upon photoexcitation, charge transfer (CT) states RC2+A+A3 6+ are formed in less than one ns and decay by charge recombination on a time scale of 6-45 ns. The CT lifetime of RC2+A+A3 6+ has a strong dependence on MeOH solvent fraction when R = Me, but is unaffected if R = Ph. This solvent effect is due to coordination of MeOH solvent in MeC+A4 8+ (i.e. exciplex formation) allowed by conformational flattening of the ligand sphere, which cannot occur in PhC+A4 8+ having bulkier Phphen ligand framework. Interestingly, the decay time of the CT state increases for both species at low magnetic fields with a maximum increase of ca. 30% at ca. 150 mT, then decreases as the field is increased up to 1500 mT, the highest field investigated. This magnetic field effect (MFE) is due to magnetic modulation of the spin dynamics interconverting 3CT and 1CT states. A quantitative modeling according to the radical pair mechanism involving ab initio multireference calculations of the complexes revealed that the spin process is dominated by the effect of Cu hyperfine coupling. The external magnetic field suppresses the hyperfine coupling induced spin state mixing thereby lengthening the CT decay time. This effect is counteracted by the field dependent processes of T0-S mixing through the Δg-mechanism and by a local mode spin-orbit mechanism. Further, the maximum MFE is limited by a finite rate of direct recombination of 3CT states and the spin-rotational mechanism of spin relaxation. This study provides a first comprehensive characterization of Cu(ii)-complex spin chemistry and highlights how spin chemistry can be used to manipulate solar energy harvesting and storage materials.
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- Megan S Lazorski
- Department of Chemistry , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , CO 80523 , USA .
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , CO 80523 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , CO 80523 , USA .
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion , D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Konstanz , Universitätsstraße 14 , Konstanz , 78457 , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , CO 80523 , USA .
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Pagidi S, Kalluvettukuzhy NK, Thilagar P. Effect of Branching on the Delayed Fluorescence and Phosphorescence of Simple Borylated Arylamines. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:3142-3151. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Sudhakar Pagidi
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore 560012, India
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Zhukov I, Fishman N, Kiryutin A, Lukzen N, Panov M, Steiner U, Vieth HM, Schäfer J, Lambert C, Yurkovskaya A. Positive electronic exchange interaction and predominance of minor triplet channel in CIDNP formation in short lived charge separated states of D-X-A dyads. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:014203. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5131817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Ivan Zhukov
- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 14, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Mims D, Schmiedel A, Holzapfel M, Lukzen NN, Lambert C, Steiner UE. Magnetic field effects in rigidly linked D-A dyads: Extreme on-resonance quantum coherence effect on charge recombination. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:244308. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5131056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- David Mims
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland 1, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland 1, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland 1, Würzburg, Germany
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- International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland 1, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Konstanz, Germany
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Herrmann C. Electronic Communication as a Transferable Property of Molecular Bridges? J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:10205-10223. [PMID: 31380640 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b05618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Electronic communication through molecular bridges is important for different types of experiments, such as single-molecule conductance, electron transfer, superexchange spin coupling, and intramolecular singlet fission. In many instances, the chemical structure of the bridge determines how the two parts it is connecting communicate, and does so in ways that are transferable between these different manifestations (for example, high conductance often correlates with strong antiferromagnetic spin coupling, and low conductance due to destructive quantum interference correlates with ferromagnetic coupling). Defining electronic communication as a transferable property of the bridge can help transfer knowledge between these different areas of research. Examples and limits of such transferability are discussed here, along with some possible directions for future research, such as employing spin-coupled and mixed-valence systems as structurally well-controlled proxies for understanding molecular conductance and for validating first-principles theoretical methodologies, building conceptual understanding for the growing experimental work on intramolecular singlet fission, and developing measures for the transferability of electronic communication as a bridge property.
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- Carmen Herrmann
- Department of Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6 , Hamburg 20146 , Germany
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Neumann S, Kerzig C, Wenger OS. Quantitative insights into charge-separated states from one- and two-pulse laser experiments relevant for artificial photosynthesis. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5624-5633. [PMID: 31293747 PMCID: PMC6553010 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc01381d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Charge-separated states (CSSs) are key intermediates in photosynthesis and solar energy conversion. However, the factors governing the formation efficiencies of CSSs are still poorly understood, and light-induced electron-hole recombinations as deactivation pathways competing with desired charge accumulations are largely unexplored. This greatly limits the possibility to perform efficient multi-electron transfer, which is essential for artificial photosynthesis. We present a systematic investigation of two donor-sensitizer-acceptor triads (with different donor-acceptor distances) capable of storing as much as 2.0 eV in their CSSs upon the absorption of a visible photon. Using quantitative one- and two-pulse laser flash photolysis, we provide deep insights into both the CSS formation quantum yield, which can reach up to 80%, and the fate of the CSS upon further (secondary) excitation with green photons. The triad with shorter intramolecular distances shows a remarkable excitation wavelength dependence of the CSS formation quantum yield, and the CSS of this triad undergoes more efficient light-induced charge recombination than the longer equivalent by about one order of magnitude, whilst thermal charge recombination shows the exact opposite behavior. The unexpected results of our detailed photophysical study can be rationalized by detrimental singlet charge transfer states or structural considerations, and could significantly contribute to the future design of CSS precursors for accumulative multi-electron transfer and artificial photosynthesis.
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- Svenja Neumann
- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland . ;
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