Experimental and theoretical study on the photophysical properties of 90° and 60° bimetallic platinum complexes

Jun Sheng Chen, Guang Jiu Zhao, Timothy R. Cook, Xiao Fei Sun, Song Qiu Yang, Ming Xing Zhang, Ke Li Han*, Peter J. Stang

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

The 90° and 60° bimetallic platinum complexes with special structures are widely used in coordination-driven selfassembled metallosupramolecular architectures, and these complexes are the key components of triangular, rectangular, and polygonal metallacycle and metallocage supramolecules. Therefore, spectroscopic techniques and quantum chemistry calculations were employed in this article to investigate the photophysical properties of these bimetallic platinum complexes. Compared with spectra for the ligands, the absorption spectra of these Pt complexes are redshifted, and the fluorescence spectra become wider and are also redshifted. Moreover, the reasons for the low fluorescence quantum yields and short fluorescence lifetimes of these compounds were investigated using quantum chemistry calculations. We demonstrate that the fluorescent states of the bimetallic platinum complexes can be considered as local excited states, and that they possess a ligand-centered π-π* transition feature. Meanwhile, the platinum metals act as perturbation for these transitions, whereas the nonfluorescent states are classified as intramolecular charge-transfer states. Furthermore, a new fluorescence modulation mechanism is developed to explain the different emission processes of these complexes with different ligands.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Physical Chemistry A
Vol/bind116
Udgave nummer40
Sider (fra-til)9911-9918
Antal sider8
ISSN1089-5639
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 11 okt. 2012

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