Environmental effects on the photophysics of transition metal complexes with dipyrido 2,3-a:3 ',2 '-c phenazine (dppz) and related ligands
Journal article, 2011
This review primarily covers studies of ruthenium(II) complexes with the dppz (dipyrido[2,3-a:3',2'-c]phenazine) ligand; in solution, in polymers and surfactant/lipid media, and when bound to DNA. Related studies with other transition metals, and with extended ligands that can form bimetallic as well as monometallic complexes are discussed. The review focuses on photophysics of these complexes with particular attention devoted to the nature of the excited states that give rise to emission, their dependence on solvent environment, and the behavior of the complexes as luminescent probes for DNA.
dppz
photophysics
resonance
dna-binding properties
extended aromatic bridges
Ruthenium(II)
raman-spectroscopy
Emission
molecular light switch
electron-transfer
Light-switch effect
intercalating ligand
excited-state
solvent dependent
ru(ii) complexes
ruthenium dipyridophenazine complexes
Excited states
DNA
Author
A. W. McKinley
Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Imperial College London
Per Lincoln
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry
Eimer Tuite
Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
0010-8545 (ISSN)
Vol. 255 21-22 2676-2692Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Chemical Sciences
DOI
10.1016/j.ccr.2011.06.012