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Structural dependence of the luminescence from bis(substituted benzenethiolato)(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)zinc(II) complexes

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00024a026· OSTI ID:7017367
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  1. Washington State Univ., Pullman (United States)

Changes in luminescence spectra and lifetimes of crystalline samples of the title compounds at 77 K are correlated with phase changes of the solids. The ease of conversion among phases is a general property of this class of materials. For bis(benzenethiolato)(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)zinc(II) complete structure determinations were made of both phases. The attendant changes of the optical properties are ascribed to rotation of the planes of the two thiol rings on a single zinc ion from an approximately perpendicular to a nearly face-to-face conformation as the slowly heated crystal undergoes the phase change. The relevance of these results to the problem of charge separation is solids is discussed.

OSTI ID:
7017367
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry; (United States) Vol. 30:24; ISSN 0020-1669; ISSN INOCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English