Volume 127, Issue 7 pp. 2112-2117
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Luminescent Pincer Platinum(II) Complexes with Emission Quantum Yields up to Almost Unity: Photophysics, Photoreductive CC Bond Formation, and Materials Applications

Dr. Pui-Keong Chow

Dr. Pui-Keong Chow

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

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Dr. Gang Cheng

Dr. Gang Cheng

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

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Dr. Glenna So Ming Tong

Dr. Glenna So Ming Tong

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

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Dr. Wai-Pong To

Dr. Wai-Pong To

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

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Wai-Lun Kwong

Wai-Lun Kwong

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

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Dr. Kam-Hung Low

Dr. Kam-Hung Low

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

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Dr. Chi-Chung Kwok

Dr. Chi-Chung Kwok

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

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Dr. Chensheng Ma

Dr. Chensheng Ma

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

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Prof. Dr. Chi-Ming Che

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Chi-Ming Che

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (P.R. China)

HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen 518053 (China)

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First published: 09 January 2015
Citations: 24

This work was supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKU 700812P), the CAS-Croucher Foundation Funding Scheme for Joint Laboratories, the Area of Excellence Program (AoE/P-03/08), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2013CB834802), and the Guangdong Special Project of the Introduction of Innovative R&D Teams, China. We are thankful for the assistance of The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Faculty Core Facility for use of the laser scan confocal microscope.

Abstract

Luminescent pincer-type PtII complexes supported by C-deprotonated π-extended tridentate RC^N^NR′ ligands and pentafluorophenylacetylide ligands show emission quantum yields up to almost unity. Femtosecond time-resolved fluorescence measurements and time-dependent DFT calculations together reveal the dependence of excited-state structural distortions of [Pt(RC^N^NR′)(CC-C6F5)] on the positional isomers of the tridentate ligand. Pt complexes [Pt(R-C^N^NR′)(CC-Ar)] are efficient photocatalysts for visible-light-induced reductive CC bond formation. The [Pt(R-C^N^NR′)(CC-C6F5)] complexes perform strongly as phosphorescent dopants for green- and red-emitting organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with external quantum efficiency values over 22.1 %. These complexes are also applied in two-photon cellular imaging when incorporated into mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs).

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