title: Tuning the photophysical properties of 4'-substituted terpyridines - an experimental and theoretical study.
abstract: Several 2,2':6',2''-terpyridines substituted in the 4'-position were synthesized and their photophysical properties were investigated by absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy in dilute solutions and solid state. The studies confirmed that the absorption and emission wavelengths, fluorescence quantum yields and lifetimes of 1-R(1-16) are strongly structure-related, demonstrating a decisive role of the nature of the substituent in determining the photophysical properties of 4'-functionalized terpyridines. Additionally, the density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed for 1-R(1-16) to get insight into their electronic structure and spectroscopic properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9thSzkolna St., 40-006 Katowice, Poland. bmachura@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maroń
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9thSzkolna St., 40-006 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szlapa
authors.affiliation: Department of Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9thSzkolna St., 40-006 Katowice, Poland. bmachura@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klemens
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9thSzkolna St., 40-006 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Slawomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kula
authors.affiliation: Department of Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9thSzkolna St., 40-006 Katowice, Poland. bmachura@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Machura
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9thSzkolna St., 40-006 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krompiec
authors.affiliation: Department of Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9thSzkolna St., 40-006 Katowice, Poland. bmachura@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Jan Grzegorz
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Małecki
authors.affiliation: Department of Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9thSzkolna St., 40-006 Katowice, Poland. bmachura@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Switlicka-Olszewska
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 4, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Erfurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 4, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chrobok