title: Synthetically tailored excited states: phosphorescent, cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes and their applications.
abstract: Phosphorescent iridium(III) complexes are being widely explored for their utility in diverse photophysical applications. The performance of these materials in such roles depends heavily on their excited-state properties, which can be tuned through ligand and substituent effects. This concept article focuses on methods for synthetically tailoring the properties of bis-cyclometalated iridium(III) materials, and explores the factors governing the nature of their lowest excited state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lowry
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernhard