Nonlinear absorbing cationic bipyridyl iridium(III) complexes bearing cyclometalating ligands with different degrees of π-conjugation: Synthesis, photophysics, and reverse saturable absorption

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 28764-28775

  Li, Zhongjing ^a   Cui, Peng ^a   Wang, Chengzhe ^a   Kilina, Svetlana ^a   Sun, Wenfang ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHELATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; LASER PULSES; LIGANDS; NAPHTHALENE; PHOTOPHYSICS; RED SHIFT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATIONIC IRIDIUM COMPLEX(III); LIGAND-TO-METAL CHARGE TRANSFERS; METAL TO LIGAND CHARGE TRANSFERS; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84916631530     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5073457     Document Type: Article

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