TY - JOUR
T1 - A 3.0 μs room temperature excited state lifetime of a bistridentate RuII-polypyridine complex for rod-like molecular arrays
AU - Abrahamsson, Maria
AU - Jäger, Michael
AU - Österman, Tomas
AU - Eriksson, Lars
AU - Persson, Petter
AU - Becker, Hans Christian
AU - Johansson, Olof
AU - Hammarström, Leif
PY - 2006/10/4
Y1 - 2006/10/4
N2 - A bistridentate RuII-polypyridine complex [Ru(bqp)2]2+ (bqp = 2,6-bis(8′-quinolinyl)pyridine) has been prepared, which has a coordination geometry much closer to a perfect octahedron than the typical Ru(terpyridine)2-type complex. Thus, the complex displays a 3.0 μs lifetime of the lowest excited metal-to-ligand charge transfer (3MLCT) state at room temperature. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the longest MLCT state lifetime reported for a RuII-polypyridyl complex at room temperature. The structure allows for the future construction of rod-like, isomer-free molecular arrays by substitution of donor and acceptor moieties on the central pyridine units. This makes it a promising photosensitizer for applications in molecular devices for artificial photosynthesis and molecular electronics.
AB - A bistridentate RuII-polypyridine complex [Ru(bqp)2]2+ (bqp = 2,6-bis(8′-quinolinyl)pyridine) has been prepared, which has a coordination geometry much closer to a perfect octahedron than the typical Ru(terpyridine)2-type complex. Thus, the complex displays a 3.0 μs lifetime of the lowest excited metal-to-ligand charge transfer (3MLCT) state at room temperature. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the longest MLCT state lifetime reported for a RuII-polypyridyl complex at room temperature. The structure allows for the future construction of rod-like, isomer-free molecular arrays by substitution of donor and acceptor moieties on the central pyridine units. This makes it a promising photosensitizer for applications in molecular devices for artificial photosynthesis and molecular electronics.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja064262y
DO - 10.1021/ja064262y
M3 - Article
C2 - 17002333
AN - SCOPUS:33749512795
VL - 128
SP - 12616
EP - 12617
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
SN - 0002-7863
IS - 39
ER -