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Molecular ruby: exploring the excited state landscape.

Winald Robert KitzmannCharusheela RamananRobert NaumannKatja Heinze
Published in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2022)
The discovery of the highly NIR-luminescent molecular ruby [Cr(ddpd) 2 ] 3+ (ddpd = N , N '-dimethyl- N , N '-dipyridin-2-ylpyridine-2,6-diamine) has been a milestone in the development of earth-abundant luminophors and has led to important new impulses in the field of spin-flip emitters. Its favourable optical properties such as a high photoluminescence quantum yield and long excited state lifetime are traced back to a remarkable excited state landscape which has been investigated in great detail. This article summarises the results of these studies with the aim to create a coherent picture of the excited state ordering and the ultrafast as well as long-timescale dynamics. Additional experimental data is provided to fill in gaps left by previous reports.
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