Exciton-like energy collection in an oligothiophene wire end-capped by Ru- and Os-polypyridine chromophores

Raymond Ziessel; Peter Bäuerle; Martin Ammann; Andrea Barbieri; Francesco Barigelletti

doi:10.1039/b415600e

Exciton-like energy collection in an oligothiophene wire end-capped by Ru- and Os-polypyridine chromophores

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Feb 14:(6):802-4. doi: 10.1039/b415600e. Epub 2004 Dec 23.

Authors

Raymond Ziessel¹, Peter Bäuerle, Martin Ammann, Andrea Barbieri, Francesco Barigelletti

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire, Ecole de Chimie, Polymères, Matériaux (ECPM), Université Louis Pasteur (ULP), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 02, France. ziessel@chimie.u-strasbg.fr

PMID: 15685344
DOI: 10.1039/b415600e

Abstract

Ru(II)- and Os(II)-polypyridine termini are linked by a quinquethiophene bridge (the inter-metal separation is ca. 1.9 nm) wherein excitation energy flows into the luminescent Os-based unit by way of a conductive level.