Vibronic interaction in europium nitrates Eu(NO3)3 x 4SOR2

Luminescence and excitation of luminescence vibronic spectra of europium nitrates Eu(NO3)3 x 4SOR2 containing sulphoxide derivatives were obtained and analysed. Some factors influencing the intensity distribution in vibronic sidebands are discussed. Significant variation of the intensity distribution in antiStokes sidebands of Eu3+ electronic transitions in series of nitrates results from the difference in effective charges on coordinated oxygen atoms of ligands. Another important detail of the vibronic spectra is a redistribution of intensity in the region of 5D0, 5D1-->7F2 transitions of luminescence spectra originated in overlap of different vibronic transitions. Mixing between the 7F2 electronic state of Eu3+ and vibronic satellites of 7F0 electronic state was studied both under conditions of resonance and in case of significant detuning.     

X-ray-excited optical luminescence (XEOL) and X-ray absorption fine structures (XAFS) studies of gold(I) complexes with diphosphine and bipyridine ligands

Synchrotron techniques, X-ray-excited optical luminescence (XEOL) combined with X-ray absorption fine structures (XAFS), have been used to study the electronic structure and optical properties of a series of luminescent gold(I) complexes with diphosphine and bipyridine ligands using tunable X-rays (in the regions of the C and P K-edges and the Au L3-edge) and UV from synchrotron light sources. The effects of gold-ligand and aurophilic interactions on the luminescence from these gold(I) complexes have been investigated. It is found that the luminescence from these complexes is phosphorescence, primarily due to the decay of the Au (5d) --> PR3 (pi*), metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excitation as well as contributions from the conjugated pi-system in the bipyridine ligands via the gold-nitrogen bond. The large Au 5d spin-orbit coupling enhances the intersystem crossing. The elongation of the hydrocarbon chain of the diphosphine ligand does not greatly affect the spectral features of the luminescence from the gold(I) complexes. However, the intensity of the luminescence was reduced significantly when the bipyridine ligand was replaced with 1,2-bis(4-pyridylamido)benzene. The aurophilic interaction, as investigated by EXAFS at the Au L3-edge, is shown to be only one of the factors that contribute to the luminescence of the complexes.     

Energy transfer from a platinum—nickel excited state to platinum clusters in quasi-one-dimensional Ba(Pt,Ni)(CN)4·nH2O crystals

Laser-induced luminescence in quasi-one-dimensional Ba(Pt, Ni)(CN)₄·nH₂O crystals has been measured from 5 to 300 K. A well-defined luminescence peak is observed, corresponding to an excited electronic state of platinum and nickel. Energy transfer from this Pt—Ni excited state to Pt(CN)₄^2? clusters is found to be very much dependent on the temperature.     

Techniques for measuring fluorescence and phosphorescence of biological materials

Abstract— Techniques and instruments for measuring the luminescence, fluorescence. and phosphorescence of proteins and nucleic acids are described. Emphasis is placed on the principles of the instruments and the procedures which are necessary to measure quantitatively the luminescence from biological macromolecules at 77°K. Examples are given of the effect of denaturation on luminescence of both proteins and nucleic acids. on ways in which the luminescence can be associated with particular constituents, and finally on the influence that electronic energy transfer has on the excitation spectra of protein luminescences. These examples typify the relationship of luminescence spectra to the conformation and constitution of macromolecules.     

Optical spectroscopy of Yb(3)Al(5)O(12) single crystal

Yb(3)Al(5)O(12) single crystal has been grown by Czochralski (CZ) method. The absorption spectrum was investigated at low temperature and the electronic energy levels for (2)F(5/2) multiplet of Yb(3+) in YbAG was proposed. The up-conversion emission of the crystal under 940 nm diode pumping and the X-ray excited luminescence (XEL) features of the crystal were also studied.     

Spectroscopy with Polarized Light

Polarized light is used in electronic spectroscopy not only to obtain information about the positions. Intensities, and fine structures of absorption and luminescence bands, which can be obtained by normal electronic spectroscopy of solutions, but also to determine the orientation of the transition moments in relation to the molecular framework. The theoretical and experimental principles of molecular optical anisotropy are briefly described, and the three most successful methods (spectroscopy after mechanical alignment of the molecules on films and in crystals, or after electrical alignment in solution, and luminescence polarization of solid solutions) are discussed in detail and illustrated by typical examples. In connection with luminescence polarization, special emphasis is placed on triplet-singlet phosphorescence. Reference is made to the importantce of polarization measurements on liquid solutions in biochemistry (study of intermolecular interactions of macromolecules by measurement of the rotational relaxation times).     

B(C2H5)2q及其衍生物电子光谱性质的密度泛函理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)B3LYP、abinitioHF和单激发组态相互作用(CIS)等方法分别优化了有机配合物B(C2H5)2q及其衍生物的基态及最低激发单重态几何结构.用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)对B(C2H5)2q及其衍生物的电子光谱进行了研究.发现该类物质是配体发光配合物,其发光源于8-羟基喹啉配体内π*     

Isotopic effects on the time-dependences of 420 nm ice luminescence excited by UV light

The kinetics of the 420 nm luminescence emitted from H₂O and D₂O polycrystalline Ih ices have been studied over the 77 to 162 K temperature range. In the case of both H₂O and D₂O ices, it was found that the luminescence rise and decay curves consisted of two luminescence components, and superimposing two first-order curves with different rate constants gave the best fit to the decay and rise curves. The mean lifetimes of the two luminescence components were 1.08 ± 0.03 s and 2.47 ± 0.03 s. The rate constants were found to have negligible temperature dependences, which led to activation energies well below those obtained for either activation-limited processes or even diffusion-limited processes. Furthermore, it was found that the luminescence kinetics were not affected by isotopic substitution of D for H in the ice lattice. These observations suggest that the rate-determining step in the mechanism for the production of the luminescence is a slow (probably spinforbidden) electronic transition that can occur at two different rates due to the presence of two different types of trapping sites in the ice lattice. A possible candidate for the electronic transition is the ⁴Σ → X ²Π transition of excited OH^. radicals and not the previously suggested and ubiquitous A ²Σ⁺ → X ²Π transition of this species. Published in Russian in Kinetika i Kataliz 2006, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 709–721. This text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Photochromic oligothienoacene derivatives with photo-switchable luminescence properties and computational studies

Photochromic thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes and dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]thiophene with photo-switchable luminescence properties have been synthesized using a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction; their electronic structures, and photochromic and luminescence behaviour have also been studied.     

Inhomogeneous broadening, luminescence origin and optical amplification in bismuth-doped glass

Absorption and luminescence spectra and optical amplification in bismuth-doped germanate silicate glass were investigated. Two kinds of bismuth ion valence states could exist in the glass. One is Bi2+, which has shown red luminescence, another might be Bi+, which is the active center for infrared luminescence. The infrared luminescence excited at 700, 800, and 980 nm should be ascribed to the electronic transition 3P1 --> 3P0 of Bi+ ions in three distinct sites. The shifting, broadening, and multiple configuration of the luminescence could be due to the randomly disorder of local environment and multiple sites of the active centers. In this glass, obvious optical amplification was realized at 1300 nm wavelength when excited at 808 and 980 nm, respectively.     

BPh-2(mqp)的电子结构和光谱性质的含时密度泛函理论研究

采用abinitioHF和DFTB3LYP方法,对配合物BPh₂(mqp)基态结构进行优化,分析了前线分子轨道特征和能级分布.用abinitioCIS方法优化体系激发态结构.用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)对BPh₂(mqp)的电子光谱进行了研究.结果发现,该物质是配体发光配合物,其发光源于mqp配体内π^*→π的电子跃迁.这表明在mqp配体上进行修饰,可有效地影响配合物前线分子轨道分布,达到调整发光波段的目的.     

STUDY OF LUMINESCENT FORMS OF THE URANYL ION

Luminescence spectra and luminescence decay kinetics of uranyl sulphate water and uranyl nitrate acetone solutions of different concentrations have been studied. Similar experiments have been done with uranyl sulphate powder under vacuum. It has been experimentally shown that the hydrolysis of uranyl sulphate in water takes place, and under low salt concentrations (0.1-4.0 times 10^-4 M) a luminescence of a basic form of the photoexcited ion with a tentative structure of UO₂OH⁺* has been observed. The luminescence of the acidic form UO⁺* has been observed under higher salt concentrations (1–4 times 10^-2 M) in water and under any salt concentration in acetone. The acidic form has the characteristic emission spectrum possessing vibrational structure. The luminescence concentrational quenching of both photoexcited uranyl forms and exciplex emission have not been observed. The effect of a number of organic quenchers and molecular oxygen on uranyl luminescence has been studied. There is no luminescence quenching by O₂ up to 2 times 10⁶ Pa (20 atm) pressure. The low effectiveness of energy transfer from the photoexcited uranyl forms has been explained in terms of strong steric screening of 5f-uranium (VI) orbital by oxygen atoms and by external filled up uranium electronic shells.     

Effect of pressure on coupled electronic ground and excited states determined from luminescence spectra of trans-dioxorhenium(V) complexes

Pressure-dependent luminescence spectra of trans-dioxo complexes of rhenium(V) with ancillary ethylenediamine ligands exhibit resolved vibronic structure in the O=Re=O symmetric stretching mode at room temperature. The intensity distribution within the vibronic progression changes with pressure, leading to band shapes that are also pressure-dependent. These spectroscopic features arise from coupled electronic states and depend on the energy differences between ground and excited states, which vary by 2500 cm(-1) for the three complexes with ethylenediamine, tetramethylethylenediamine, and tetraethylethylenediamine ancillary ligands. We describe the pressure-dependent vibronic structure and band shapes with anharmonic adiabatic potential energy surfaces for the ground states of all complexes. The calculated spectra reveal the pressure dependence of the energies of electronic origins, luminescence band maximums, offsets between ground- and emitting-state potential minimums, and vibrational frequencies. The largest pressure effects are observed where the coupled electronic states are close in energy.     

Luminescence spectrum of the V(urea)6 ion

The observation of near infrared sharp line luminescence from solid V(urea)₆(ClO₄)₃ and V(urea)₆I₃ at 80 and 5°K necessitates a reinterpretation of the electronic absorption spectra.     

新型功能材料有机钌络合物和有机钌聚合物

有机钌络合物和有机钌聚合物具有特殊的光、电性能,是一种新型功能材料,正在形成一个新的研究领域。本文介绍有机钌络合物和有机钌聚合物的光致电子转移、光致发光和电致发光等现象以及它们在发光二极管、发光电池、氧化传感器等方面的应用。     

Luminescence and structural comparisons of strong-acid sensor molecules. 2

Anthraquinone-containing cyclic polyether hosts form 1:1 complexes with hydronium ion, producing large enhancements in luminescence via inversion of npi* and pipi* exited states. We have characterized the binding of hydronium ion within these host molecules and have synthesized a large variety of analogous hosts that contain different structural and electronic features that allow better understanding of what controls binding and luminescence capacity in this class of fluorescent sensor molecules. X-ray crystallography of an anthraquinone host that contains terminal amine functional groups rather than terminal ether groups is investigated, and complete proton transfer to carbonyl groups is observed in concentrated sulfuric acid media that also produces a previously unobserved luminescence.     

Electronic,Structural and Functional Versatility in Tetrathiafulvalene-Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks

Tetrathiafulvalene-lanthanide (TTF-Ln) metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are an interesting class of multifunctional materials in which porosity can be combined with electronic properties such as electrical conductivity, redox activity, luminescence and magnetism. Herein a new family of isostructural TTF-Ln MOFs is reported, denoted as MUV-5(Ln) (Ln=Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er), exhibiting semiconducting properties as a consequence of the short intermolecular S⋅⋅⋅S contacts established along the chain direction between partially oxidised TTF moieties. In addition, this family shows photoluminescence properties and single-molecule magnetic behaviour, finding near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence in the Yb/Er derivative and slow relaxation of the magnetisation in the Dy and Er derivatives. As such properties are dependent on the electronic structure of the lanthanide ion, the immense structural, electronic and functional versatility of this class of materials is emphasised.     

Bi-1,10-phenanthrolines and their mononuclear Ru(II) complexes

A series of four biphen (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) ligands, 2,2'-biphen (1), 3,3'-biphen (2), 2,2'-dimethylene-3,3'-biphen (3), and 2,3'-dimethylene-3,2'-biphen (4), is prepared by coupling and Friedl?nder methodology. The corresponding mononuclear Ru(II) complexes, [Ru(1-4)(Mebpy)(2)](2+) where Mebpy = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine, are prepared. These complexes show long wavelength electronic absorptions at 441-452 nm and emissions at 622-641 nm. Metal-based oxidations occur in the range 1.18-1.21 V, and ligand-based reductions, at -1.20 to -1.30 V. The addition of Zn(2+), Cd(2+), or Hg(2+) ions results in a strong enhancement and red shift of the luminescence of complex Ru-3. Alkali and alkaline earth metal ions barely affect the luminescence of Ru-3 while transition metal ions such as Co(2+), Cu(2+), Ni(2+), and Mn(2+) lead to efficient quenching of the Ru-3 luminescence. The luminescence of Ru-2 and Ru-4 is quenched in the presence of Zn(2+) because of a conformationally induced reduction in electronic communication between the two phen halves of the ligand. The addition of Zn(2+) has only a slight effect on the luminescence of Ru-1 because of steric hindrance toward complexation.     

Cooperative processes governing formation of small pentanuclear lanthanide(III) nanoclusters and energy transport within and between them

Syntheses, lanthanide quantitative analyses, mass spectrometry and luminescence spectroscopy, and decay dynamics of crystals containing pentanuclear hetero-lanthanide(III) nanoclusters [(Ln'(5-x)Ln(x))(NO(3))(6)(mu(5)-OH)(mu(4)-L)(2)] (0 < or = x < or = 5), Ln' = Eu or Tb; Ln = La-Nd, Sm-Ho (hereafter Ln'(5-x) Ln(x)) were undertaken in search of information on factors governing self-assembly processes by which the clusters are formed and electronic interactions within and between them. The data obtained are consistent with the self-assembly of Ln'(5-x) Ln(x) nanoclusters being a concerted process featuring a profound expression of complementarity among mutually bridging [Ln(mu(4)-L](-) and [Ln(NO(3))(2)](+) components. The energy transport regime in crystals of Eu(5-x) Ln(x) is in the dynamic regime when x = 0 or Ln = La and, at 293 K, Ln = Dy, despite the presence of two crystallographically different Eu(3+) coordination environments which give rise to a doublet in the excitation and emission spectra of Eu(3+)((5)D(0)). The luminescence decay behavior of Eu(3+)((5)D(0)) in Eu(5-x) Ln(x) (Ln = Dy (for 77 K), Sm) is intermediate between the static and dynamic limits and reveals extensive electronic coupling among lanthanide ions, including many-body processes at relatively high Dy(3+) or Sm(3+) concentrations.     

Synthesis and spectral-luminescence properties of azole analogs of 1,4-distyrylbenzene and isomeric distyrylnaphthalenes

Azole analogs of 1,4-distyrylbenzene and the isomeric 2,6-, 1,5-, and 2,7-distyrylnaphthalenes were obtained by condensation of 2-methylazoles with terephthalaldehyde or the corresponding isomeric diformylnaphthalenes in dimethylformamide (DMF) in the presence of KOH. The electronic absorption and luminescence spectra of the synthesized compounds were recorded, and the dependence of the spectral-luminescence properties on their structures was studied.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 604–608, May, 1980.