Evidence for strong mixing between the LC and MLCT excited states in some heteroleptic iridium (III) complexes

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1585-1597

  Jayabharathi, Jayaraman ^a   Thanikachalam, Venugopal ^a   Srinivasan, Natesan ^a   Perumal, Marimuthu Venkatesh ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Colour tuning; DFT calculation; HOMO LUMO orbitals; Mixed LC and MLCT excited states; Spin orbit coupling; Transphobia

Indexed keywords

DFT CALCULATION; HOMO-LUMO ORBITALS; MLCT EXCITED STATE; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; TRANSPHOBIA;

ACETONE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXCITED STATES; IRIDIUM; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENCE;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053384535     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-011-0847-x     Document Type: Article

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