Luminescent polypyridyl heteroleptic CrIII complexes with high quantum yields and long excited state lifetimes

Increasing phosphorescent quantum yields and lifetimes of platinum-alkynyl complexes with extended conjugation.

The emission of platinum-alkynyl complexes with terminal pyridyl moieties changes upon simple alkylation reactions. Due to growing interest in photovoltaics, photocatalysis, and light-emitting devices, understanding the nature of these changes is important to develop simple synthetic pathways for the rational design of photophysically active molecules. Herein, the choice of ligand isomer, methy...

Electronic and geometrical manipulation of the excited state of bis-terdentate homo- and heteroleptic ruthenium complexes.

This work describes the synthesis and characterization of two new bis-terdentate Ru(II) complexes. Compound 1 is a homoleptic complex containing two CNC N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) based ligands, whereas compound 2 bears one CNC ligand and an ancillary terpyridine ligand. The redox and photophysical properties of both compounds have been investigated and their X-ray crystal structures determin...

Tuning of the Excited State Properties of Ruthenium(II)- Polypyridyl Complexes

Conformational control of excited-state dynamics in highly distorted Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes.

Tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) complexes modified such that one of the bipyridines is appended with a crown ether display luminescence that is responsive to complexation with metal ions. The parent species, Ru(bpy)3(2+), is moderately luminescent, with an emission lifetime of about 1 micros in fluid solution at room temperature. The modified complexes are much less emissive, with lifetimes near 1...

Photophysics of protoporphyrin ions in vacuo: triplet-state lifetimes and quantum yields.

Lifetimes of triplet-state molecules and triplet quantum yields are important parameters in photobiology as they determine the generation of singlet-oxygen upon irradiation with visible light. Here we report lifetimes of protoporphyrin IX (pp) in vacuo measured in an ion storage ring. We find that after 532 nm photon absorption, pp(-) (free base and negatively charged carboxylate) and pp(+) (si...