Luminescent First-Row Transition Metal Complexes.
Christina WegebergOliver S WengerPublished in: JACS Au (2021)
Precious and rare elements have traditionally dominated inorganic photophysics and photochemistry, but now we are witnessing a paradigm shift toward cheaper and more abundant metals. Even though emissive complexes based on selected first-row transition metals have long been known, recent conceptual breakthroughs revealed that a much broader range of elements in different oxidation states are useable for this purpose. Coordination compounds of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu now show electronically excited states with unexpected reactivity and photoluminescence behavior. Aside from providing a compact survey of the recent conceptual key advances in this dynamic field, our Perspective identifies the main design strategies that enabled the discovery of fundamentally new types of 3d-metal-based luminophores and photosensitizers operating in solution at room temperature.
Keyphrases
- transition metal
- room temperature
- metal organic framework
- quantum dots
- energy transfer
- human health
- health risk
- health risk assessment
- ionic liquid
- light emitting
- photodynamic therapy
- small molecule
- genome wide
- risk assessment
- single cell
- high throughput
- aqueous solution
- electron transfer
- sensitive detection
- drinking water
- visible light
- heavy metals
- water soluble
- climate change
- solid state