U.S.-Chile Cooperative Research: Excited State Dynamics of Rutherium (II) and Rhenium (I) Complexes Containing Fused Poly-aromatic Acceptor Ligands

这个美洲项目奖将支持北卡罗莱纳大学教堂山分校的Thomas J Meyer博士与智利天主教大学的Barbara Loeb博士合作研究复杂结构与激发态寿命之间的关系。该研究的主要推力将集中在设计、合成和表征一类新的化学配合物。研究人员计划进行详细的激发态研究，包括对受体配体的能隙定律关联和分子轨道计算。刚性，离域和氧化还原特性的作用将被研究，以确定一系列这些配合物的激发态行为。本研究的结果对合理设计应用于先进材料的化合物具有重要意义。这项研究将受益于合作者的综合专业知识。智利研究小组独特的合成专业知识和计算能力补充了美国小组在分子设计和光物理表征方面的优势。＊＊＊

9704277 Meyer This Americas Program award will support Dr. Thomas J Meyer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in a research collaboration with Dr. Barbara Loeb, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, to investigate the relationship between complex structure and excited-state lifetimes. The major thrust of the study will focus on the design, synthesis, and characterization of a novel class of chemical complexes. The researchers plan to conduct detailed excited state studies, which will include energy gap law correlations and molecular orbital calculations on acceptor ligands. The role of rigidity, delocalization, and redox characteristics will be investigated to determine the excited state behavior of a series of these complexes. The results of this study are expected to have an important bearing upon the rational design of compounds for application in advanced materials. The research will benefit from the combined expertise of the collaborators. The distinct synthesis expertise and computational abilities of the Chilean research group complements the US group's strength in molecular design and photophysical characterization. ***