Detection of the Dark States in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) Process of Electron Donor‐Acceptor Dyads: Insights from Optical Transient …

X Zhang, X Zhao, K Ye, J Zhao - Chemistry–A European …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The photophysical processes involved in the electron donor‐acceptor thermally activated
delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters are complicated and controversial. The recent …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing high-energy MLCT excited states for artificial photosynthesis

A Cotic, I Ramírez-Wierzbicki, A Cadranel - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Important fractions of the energy absorbed in natural and artificial photosynthetic schemes
are dissipated via fast internal conversion processes. In contrast, chromophores that …

[HTML][HTML] Copper based azo dye catalysts for phenoxazinone synthase mimicking efficiency: structure characterization and bioactivity evaluation

HA El-Ghamry, AA Alkurbi, MA Alhasani… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The ligands, 4-(2-Hydroxy-naphthalen-1-ylazo)-N-thiazol-2-yl-benzenesulfonamide
(H 2 TNBS) and N-(3, 4-Dimethyl-isoxazol-5-yl)-4-(2-hydroxy-naphthalen-1-ylazo) …

Unusually high energy barriers for internal conversion in a {Ru (bpy)} chromophore

A Cotic, K Veys, D Escudero, A Cadranel - … Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Internal conversion (IC) coupled to vibrational relaxation (VR) in molecular chromophores is
a source of major energy losses in natural and artificial solar-to-chemical energy conversion …

Inversion of donor–acceptor roles in photoinduced intervalence charge transfers

BM Aramburu-Trošelj, PS Oviedo… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Upon MLCT photoexcitation,{(tpy) Ru} becomes the electron acceptor in the mixed valence
{(tpy˙−) RuIII− δ-NC-MII+ δ} moiety, reversing its role as the electron donor in the ground …

A hole delocalization strategy: Photoinduced mixed-valence MLCT states featuring extended lifetimes

BM Aramburu-Trošelj, PS Oviedo… - Inorganic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bimetallic trans-[RuII (tpm)(bpy)(μNC) RuII (L) 4 (CN)] 2+, where bpy is 2, 2′-bipyridine, tpm
is tris (1-pyrazolyl) methane and L= 4-methoxypyridine (MeOpy) or pyridine (py), was …

Coexistence of MLCT excited states of different symmetry upon photoexcitation of a single molecular species

PS Oviedo, GE Pieslinger, LM Baraldo… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoexcitation of [Ru (tpy)(bpy)(μ-CN) Ru (py) 4Cl] 2+([RuRu] 2+) at 387 nm results in the
population of two 3MLCT excited states of different symmetry that coexist on the nanosecond …

Tuning Electron‐Transfer Driving Force in Photosynthetic Special Pair Models

I Ramírez-Wierzbicki, LS Merlinsky… - … A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Visible‐light excitation of a family of bimetallic ruthenium polypyridines with the formula [RuII
(tpy)(bpy)(𝜇‐CN) RuII (py) 4L] n+ (RuRuLn+), where L= Cl–, NCS–, DMAP and ACN, was …

Wave-function symmetry control of electron-transfer pathways within a charge-transfer chromophore

BM Aramburu-Troselj… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite a diverse manifold of excited states available, it is generally accepted that the
photoinduced reactivity of charge-transfer chromophores involves only the lowest-energy …

Influence of Donor‐Acceptor Interactions on MLCT Hole Reconfiguration in {Ru (bpy)} Chromophores

A Cotic, FW Heinemann, LD Slep… - ChemPhysChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In MLCT chromophores, internal conversion (IC) in the form of hole reconfiguration
pathways (HR) is a major source of dissipation of the absorbed photon energy. Therefore, it …