Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Recent exciting developments in the area of mononuclear photoactive complexes with Earth-
abundant metal ions (Cu, Zr, Fe, Cr) for potential eco-friendly applications in …

Transition metal complexes with photoactive charge‐transfer excited states are pervasive
throughout the literature. In particular,[Ru (bpy) 3] 2+(bpy= 2, 2′‐bipyridine), with its metal …

Ruthenium complexes with polypyridine ligands are very popular choices for applications in
photophysics and photochemistry, for example, in lighting, sensing, solar cells, and …

Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

Controlling the order and lifetimes of electronically excited states is essential to effective light-
to-potential energy conversion by molecular chromophores. This work reports a luminescent …

Conspectus The photophysics and photochemistry of transition metal complexes (TMCs)
has long been a hot field of interdisciplinary research. Rich metal-based redox processes …

Luminescence properties and excited state reactivities of photoactive transition metal
complexes have been harnessed for various applications in the fields of electroluminescent …

Mounting evidence over the past 20 years suggests that photodynamic therapy (PDT), an
anticancer modality known mostly as a local treatment, has the capacity to invoke a systemic …

Conspectus Uncovering the factors that govern the electronic structure of Ru (II)–polypyridyl
complexes is critical in designing new compounds for desired photochemical reactions, and …