title: Ru2+ complexes comprising terpyridine ligands appended with terthiophene chromophores: energy transfer and energy reservoir effect.
abstract: Two Ru(2+) complexes containing terpyridine ligands appended with terthiophene units connected by a methyleneoxy or an alkynyl bridge show very different luminescent behaviours: the former is non-luminescent at 298 K owing to a photoinduced energy transfer process to the terthiophene moiety, while the latter exhibits an extraordinary long excited state lifetime because of an energy reservoir effect.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Sassari, via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manca
authors.forename: Maria I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Pilo
authors.forename: Gavino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sanna
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zucca
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bergamini
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ceroni