| Transition metal complexes with low lying excited states have been employed extensively as photosensitizers. Expanding the available synthetic techniques to construct such systems is essential, as is an improved understanding of the correlation between structure and photophysical properties. An investigation of the effect of substitution pattern in the construction of multi-metallic arrays for photoharvesting and luminescent applications is described, as well as the study of a case of dual emission. In addition, a novel methodology for the construction of “large surface area” liagnds is explored. These two projects reflect the philosophy that coordination complexes may be used as synthetic intermediates to create interesting systems with unusual photophysical characteristics. |
