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A Novel Technique for Generating and Observing Chemiluminescence in a Biological Setting
Published on: March 9, 2017
Synthesis, characterization, luminescence, and non-linear optical properties of oxadiazole- and truxene-containing
Carmen Ka Man Chan1, Chi-Hang Tao, Hoi-Lam Tam
1Centre for Carbon-Rich Molecular and Nano-Scale Metal-Based Materials Research and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, PR China.
Abstract:
A series of luminescent platinum(II) alkynyl complexes containing 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (oxa-2,5) and 10,15-dihydro-5H-diindeno[1,2-a;1',2'-c]fluorene (truxene) as the cores and different electron donors at the periphery has been synthesized and characterized. These complexes showed long-lived emissions in both solution and in the solid state at room temperature and have been found to exhibit two-photon absorption (2PA) and two-photon induced luminescence. Their 2PA cross-sections (sigma(2)) have also been determined.
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