Ruthenium complexes that break the rules: Structural features controlling dual emission

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 8544-8551

  Glazer, Edith C ^a   Magde, Douglas ^a   Tor, Yitzhak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID SOLUTION; ISOMERIC SYSTEMS; NONEQUILIBRATED EMISSIVE STATES; PHENANTHROLINE (PHEN) LIGANDS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

COVALENT BONDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; LIGAND; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY; LIQUID; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 34447509732     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja071124f     Document Type: Article

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