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 …

Electronic structure in the transition metal block and its implications for light harvesting

JK McCusker - Science, 2019 - science.org
Transition metal–based chromophores play a central role in a variety of light-enabled
chemical processes ranging from artificial solar energy conversion to photoredox catalysis …

Manganese(i) complexes with metal-to-ligand charge transfer luminescence and photoreactivity

P Herr, C Kerzig, CB Larsen, D Häussinger… - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Precious metal complexes with the d 6 valence electron configuration often exhibit
luminescent metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excited states, which form the basis for …

Janus-type emission from a cyclometalated iron(iii) complex

J Steube, A Kruse, OS Bokareva, T Reuter… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Although iron is a dream candidate to substitute noble metals in photoactive complexes,
realization of emissive and photoactive iron compounds is demanding due to the fast …

A low-spin Fe(iii) complex with 100-ps ligand-to-metal charge transfer photoluminescence

P Chábera, Y Liu, O Prakash, E Thyrhaug, AE Nahhas… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Transition-metal complexes are used as photosensitizers, in light-emitting diodes, for
biosensing and in photocatalysis. A key feature in these applications is excitation from the …

Cobalt (III) carbene complex with an electronic excited-state structure similar to cyclometalated iridium (III) compounds

N Sinha, B Pfund, C Wegeberg… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Many organometallic iridium (III) complexes have photoactive excited states with mixed
metal-to-ligand and intraligand charge transfer (MLCT/ILCT) character, which form the basis …

Delayed fluorescence from a zirconium(iv) photosensitizer with ligand-to-metal charge-transfer excited states

Y Zhang, TS Lee, JM Favale, DC Leary, JL Petersen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Advances in chemical control of the photophysical properties of transition-metal complexes
are revolutionizing a wide range of technologies, particularly photocatalysis and light …

Energy transfer to Ni-amine complexes in dual catalytic, light-driven C–N cross-coupling reactions

M Kudisch, CH Lim, P Thordarson… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dual catalytic light-driven cross-coupling methodologies utilizing a Ni (II) salt with a
photocatalyst (PC) have emerged as promising methodologies to forge aryl C–N bonds …

Iron(ii) coordination complexes with panchromatic absorption and nanosecond charge-transfer excited state lifetimes

JD Braun, IB Lozada, C Kolodziej, C Burda… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Replacing current benchmark rare-element photosensitizers with ones based on abundant
and low-cost metals such as iron would help facilitate the large-scale implementation of …

Leveraging excited-state coherence for synthetic control of ultrafast dynamics

BC Paulus, SL Adelman, LL Jamula, JK McCusker - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Design-specific control over excited-state dynamics is necessary for any application
seeking to convert light into chemical potential. Such control is especially desirable in iron …