title: Effect of the environment on molecular properties: synthesis, structure, and photoluminescence of Cu(I) bis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) nanoclusters in eight different supramolecular frameworks.
abstract: By selection of different charge-balancing anionic frameworks and different host-to-guest ratios, the photosensitizer-dye cation [Cu(dmp)2]+ (dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) has been embedded in a series of three-dimensional host structures. It occurs with variable geometry in different states of aggregation, including weakly interacting monomers, isolated dimers, columns, and layers. A large variation in its emission lifetime is correlated with the relative energy level spacings of the guest- and host-framework components. In a fully saturated host framework, the lifetime exceeds values reported for a series of conventional Cu(dmp)2 salts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, USA. szheng4@buffalo.edu
authors.forename: Shao-Liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gembicky
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Messerschmidt
authors.forename: Paulina M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dominiak
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coppens