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Towards ruthenium(II) polypyridine complexes with prolonged and predetermined excited state lifetimes
Nathan D McClenaghan1, Francesco Barigelletti, Béatrice Maubert
1Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Via Sperone 31, I-98166 Messina, Italy.
Abstract:
The excited state lifetime of a Ru(bpy)3-motif is linearly related to the number of appended pyrenyl chromophores, but independent of connectivity; values for nine complexes range from 0.8 to 18.1 microseconds.