Inorganic chemistry

ON-OFF Luminescence Signaling of Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Switches

P Natarajan, M Schmittel

Index: Natarajan, Palani; Schmittel, Michael Inorganic Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 52, # 15 p. 8579 - 8590

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Abstract

Two hybrid organic− inorganic switches were prepared by linking prototypical ruthenium or rhenium luminophores to the 2-(anthracen-9-yl)-4-methylphenol unit as a switchable photoactive moiety. Emission of the inorganic luminophore was reversibly switched ON and OFF multiple times by adjusting the energetic level of the 3π− π* state of the appended anthracene unit through either dearomatization using a photohydration or rearomatization ...