The Radiative Decay Rates Tune the Emissive Properties of Ru(II)polypyridyl Complexes

Escudero, Daniel; Happ, Bobby; Winter, Andreas; Schubert, Ulrich S.; González, Leticia

Abstract:

Tuning the excited state lifetimes of RuII polypyridyl complexes is the key to their potential applicabilities, for example, as photosensitizers. This work demonstrates that the different emissive properties of two similar RuII polypyridyl complexes bearing peripheral ligand substitution are governed by the radiative decay rates and not the energy gap law.

Year:

2012

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

photophysics; radiative rates; ruthenium; solvent effects; spin orbit couplings

Journal:

Asian Journal of Chemistry

Volume:

10.1002/asia.201100864

Pages:

in Press