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  • Coordination Chemistry
  • Photophysics
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Bidentate ligands are crucial in coordination chemistry for creating metal complexes.
  • Coumarin derivatives are known for their fluorescent properties.
  • Coinage metals (copper, silver) offer versatile coordination environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel coinage metal complexes using a coumarin-functionalized aminodiphosphine ligand.
  • To investigate the photoluminescent properties of the synthesized mono-, di-, and trimetallic complexes.
  • To explore the influence of metal coordination on the ligand's luminescence behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of mono-, di-, and trimetallic copper and silver complexes.
  • Photoluminescence spectroscopy (fluorescence and phosphorescence) at variable temperatures.
  • Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.
  • Quantum chemical calculations.

Main Results:

  • Successful synthesis of diverse coinage metal complexes with the hybrid ligand.
  • Observation of coumarin-based blue fluorescence in solution at room temperature.
  • Efficient green phosphorescence at low temperatures, dominating metal complex spectra.
  • Unusually long-lived (seconds timescale) green phosphorescence in frozen solutions with high quantum yield.
  • Low-temperature red phosphorescence observed in trinuclear complexes, attributed to metal clusters.
  • Luminescence properties (long-lived phosphorescence, red emission) are metal-dependent and not present in the free ligand.

Conclusions:

  • The coumarin-functionalized aminodiphosphine serves as an effective bidentate ligand for coinage metals.
  • The synthesized metal complexes exhibit rich and tunable luminescence, including unique long-lived phosphorescence.
  • Coordination to coinage metal clusters significantly influences and enhances the photophysical properties beyond those of the free ligand.