The photophysics of photoredox catalysis: a roadmap for catalyst design

DM Arias-Rotondo, JK McCusker - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, the use of transition metal based chromophores as photo-induced single-electron
transfer reagents in synthetic organic chemistry has opened up a wealth of possibilities for …

Near-infrared phosphorescence: materials and applications

H Xiang, J Cheng, X Ma, X Zhou… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Room-temperature phosphorescent materials that emit light in the visible (red, green, and
blue; from 400 to 700 nm) have been a major focus of research and development during the …

[HTML][HTML] Rationally designed ruthenium complexes for 1-and 2-photon photodynamic therapy

J Karges, S Kuang, F Maschietto, O Blacque… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) against cancer has received increasing attention
over recent years. However, the application of the currently approved photosensitizers (PSs) …

[HTML][HTML] Two-photon-absorbing ruthenium complexes enable near infrared light-driven photocatalysis

G Han, G Li, J Huang, C Han, C Turro, Y Sun - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
One-photon-absorbing photosensitizers are commonly used in homogeneous
photocatalysis which require the absorption of ultraviolet (UV)/visible light to populate the …

“Chemistry-on-the-complex”: functional Ru II polypyridyl-type sensitizers as divergent building blocks

T Mede, M Jäger, US Schubert - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Ruthenium polypyridyl type complexes are potent photoactive compounds, and have found–
among others–a broad range of important applications in the fields of biomedical diagnosis …

Good Vibrations Report on the DNA Quadruplex Binding of an Excited State Amplified Ruthenium Polypyridyl IR Probe

M Stitch, D Avagliano, D Graczyk, IP Clark… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The nitrile containing Ru (II) polypyridyl complex [Ru (phen) 2 (11, 12-dCN-dppz)] 2+(1) is
shown to act as a sensitive infrared probe of G-quadruplex (G4) structures. UV–visible …

Cyclometalated ruthenium (II) complexes derived from α-oligothiophenes as highly selective cytotoxic or photocytotoxic agents

G Ghosh, KL Colón, A Fuller, T Sainuddin… - Inorganic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The photophysical and photobiological properties of a new class of cyclometalated
ruthenium (II) compounds incorporating π-extended benzo [h] imidazo [4, 5-f] quinoline (IBQ) …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast transient IR spectroscopy and DFT calculations of ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes

Q Sun, B Dereka, E Vauthey, LML Daku, A Hauser - Chemical science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultrafast time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of [Ru (bpy) 3] 2+(bpy= 2, 2′-bipyridine),[Ru
(mbpy) 3] 2+(mbpy= 6-methyl-2, 2′-bipyridine) and [Ru (mphen) 3] 2+(mphen= 2-methyl-1 …

Photophysical properties and photobiological activities of ruthenium (II) complexes bearing π-expansive cyclometalating ligands with thienyl groups

J McCain, KL Colón, PC Barrett, SMA Monro… - Inorganic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A new family of cyclometalated ruthenium (II) complexes [Ru (N^ N) 2 (C^ N)]+ derived from
the π-extended benzo [h] imidazo [4, 5-f] quinolone ligand appended with thienyl groups (n …

Synthesis, photophysics, and photovoltaic studies of ruthenium cyclometalated complexes as sensitizers for p-type NiO dye-sensitized solar cells

Z Ji, G Natu, Z Huang, O Kokhan… - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report the first application of cyclometalated ruthenium complexes of the type Ru [(N∧
N) 2 (C∧ N)]+ as sensitizers for p-type NiO dye-sensitized solar cells (NiO p-DSCs). These …