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New heterometallic Ir(III)2-Eu(III) complexes: white light emission from a single molecule
Andrea Baschieri1, Sara Muzzioli, Elia Matteucci
1Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy. letizia.sambri@unibo.it.
Abstract:
The design of a relatively simple bifunctional ligand led to the obtainment of three new Ir(III)2-Eu(III) heterometallic complexes. Variation of the degree of fluorination in the cyclometalating ligands coordinated to the Ir(III) centres allows tuning of the photophysical properties and pure white light emission from a single complex.
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