Tuning the photophysical properties of amidophosphine complexes of copper
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Mickenberg, Seth F. (Seth Fox)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Chemistry.
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Jonas C. Peters.
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A series of monomeric copper complexes that allow for the tuning of the emission properties is reported. Luminescence lifetimes up to 150 [mu]s are observed in benzene solution at ambient temperature, which are comparable to the lifetimes of the longest-lived previously reported copper luminophores. These complexes also exhibit quantum yields up to 0 = 0.70 at 298 K. The results of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations indicate emission from a triplet state in all cases. The calculations also successfully correlate the energy of the transition from this triplet state to the energy of the observed emission. Such luminescence from a first-row metal is highly unusual, especially when considering the phosphine-based ligand framework used.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry, 2009. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 23-24).
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2009Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of ChemistryPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Chemistry.