Photophysics of p-conjugated metalorganic
oligomers*
Yiting Li, C. Ed Whittle, Keith A. Walters, Kevin D. Ley, and Kirk
S. Schanze**
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, P.O.
Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA
Abstract: The optical absorption and photoluminescence properties
of PPE-type p-conjugated oligomers that contain a 2,2-bipyridine-5,5¢-diyl
metal coordinating unit have been examined. The spectra of the free
oligomers are compared with those that contain Re(CO)3Cl and Ru(bpy)22+
chromophores chelated to the bpy-diyl unit.
*Lecture presented at the XVIIIth IUPAC Symposium on
Photochemistry, Dresden, German , 22-27 July 2000.Other presentations
are published in this issue, pp.395-548.
**Corresponding author
