文摘
The luminescent ruthenium tetrapyrido [3, 2-a:2¡ä, 3¡å-c:3¡å, 2¡å-h:2?, 3?-j] phenazine(tpphz) complex acts as a potential bridging ligand with a vacant diimine site, and is used as ¡®metallo ligand¡¯ to make heterodinuclear d-f complexes by attachment of a {Ln(dik)3} fragment (dik = tta (trifluoro theonyl acetone)) at the vacant site. When Ln = Nd, Yb or Er, the lanthanide centre has low-energy f-f excited states capable of accepting energy from the 3MLCT excited state of the Ru(II) centre. Luminescence quenching of the 3MLCT Ru(II) center affords sensitized Ln(III) based luminescence in the near-IR region. Nd(III) is found to be the most effective quencher for the 3MLCT luminescence of the ruthenium component because of the high density of f-f excited states of the appropriate energy, which makes it a more efficient energy-acceptor compared to the Er and Yb complexes.