Comparison Between Binuclear and Mononuclear Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Oxygen Sensing Performance

Owing to their attractive potential in optoelectronic application, luminescent Ru(II) complexes with diamine ligands are harvesting more and more research efforts. These literature efforts, however, are mostly mononuclear ones, with no detailed discussion on the performance comparison between mononu...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6f068db4c6184268a305789a0ac8ebe32021-11-30T15:57:37ZComparison Between Binuclear and Mononuclear Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Oxygen Sensing Performance2296-264610.3389/fchem.2021.785309https://doaj.org/article/6f068db4c6184268a305789a0ac8ebe32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2021.785309/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2646Owing to their attractive potential in optoelectronic application, luminescent Ru(II) complexes with diamine ligands are harvesting more and more research efforts. These literature efforts, however, are mostly mononuclear ones, with no detailed discussion on the performance comparison between mononuclear and multinuclear Ru(II) complexes. This work synthesized three diamine ligands having two or multiple chelating sites in each ligand, as well as their Ru(II) complexes. The single-crystal structure, electronic structure, and photophysical parameters of these Ru(II) complexes were analyzed and compared. It was found that multinuclear Ru(II) complexes had a pure MLCT (metal-to-ligand charge transfer)–based emissive center, showing longer emission lifetime and higher emission quantum yield, which were desired for oxygen sensing. Then, the oxygen sensing performance of these mononuclear and multinuclear Ru(II) complexes was systematically compared by doping them into polymer fibers via electrospinning method. Improved oxygen sensing performance was observed from binuclear Ru(II)-doped nanofibrous samples, compared with the sensing performance of mononuclear ones, including higher sensitivity, shorter response/recovery time, and better photostability. The causation was attributed to the fact that the emissive state of multinuclear Ru(II) complexes was MLCT-based ones and thus more sensitive to O2 quenching than monocular Ru(II) complexes whose emissive state was a mixture of MLCT and LLCT (ligand-to-ligand charge transfer). In addition, a multinuclear Ru(II) complex had multiple emissive/sensing components, so that its sensing collision probability with O2 was increased, showing better photostability and shorter response/recovery time. The novelty of this work was the linear oxygen sensing curve, which was rarely reported in the previous work.Fei WangLiyuan YangXue-Quan XianFrontiers Media S.A.articlemultinuclear Ru(II)mononuclear Ru(II)linear responseoptical oxygen sensingelectrospun fiberChemistryQD1-999ENFrontiers in Chemistry, Vol 9 (2021)
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topic multinuclear Ru(II)
mononuclear Ru(II)
linear response
optical oxygen sensing
electrospun fiber
Chemistry
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spellingShingle multinuclear Ru(II)
mononuclear Ru(II)
linear response
optical oxygen sensing
electrospun fiber
Chemistry
QD1-999
Fei Wang
Liyuan Yang
Xue-Quan Xian
Comparison Between Binuclear and Mononuclear Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Oxygen Sensing Performance
description Owing to their attractive potential in optoelectronic application, luminescent Ru(II) complexes with diamine ligands are harvesting more and more research efforts. These literature efforts, however, are mostly mononuclear ones, with no detailed discussion on the performance comparison between mononuclear and multinuclear Ru(II) complexes. This work synthesized three diamine ligands having two or multiple chelating sites in each ligand, as well as their Ru(II) complexes. The single-crystal structure, electronic structure, and photophysical parameters of these Ru(II) complexes were analyzed and compared. It was found that multinuclear Ru(II) complexes had a pure MLCT (metal-to-ligand charge transfer)–based emissive center, showing longer emission lifetime and higher emission quantum yield, which were desired for oxygen sensing. Then, the oxygen sensing performance of these mononuclear and multinuclear Ru(II) complexes was systematically compared by doping them into polymer fibers via electrospinning method. Improved oxygen sensing performance was observed from binuclear Ru(II)-doped nanofibrous samples, compared with the sensing performance of mononuclear ones, including higher sensitivity, shorter response/recovery time, and better photostability. The causation was attributed to the fact that the emissive state of multinuclear Ru(II) complexes was MLCT-based ones and thus more sensitive to O2 quenching than monocular Ru(II) complexes whose emissive state was a mixture of MLCT and LLCT (ligand-to-ligand charge transfer). In addition, a multinuclear Ru(II) complex had multiple emissive/sensing components, so that its sensing collision probability with O2 was increased, showing better photostability and shorter response/recovery time. The novelty of this work was the linear oxygen sensing curve, which was rarely reported in the previous work.
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Liyuan Yang
Xue-Quan Xian
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Liyuan Yang
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title Comparison Between Binuclear and Mononuclear Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Oxygen Sensing Performance
title_short Comparison Between Binuclear and Mononuclear Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Oxygen Sensing Performance
title_full Comparison Between Binuclear and Mononuclear Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Oxygen Sensing Performance
title_fullStr Comparison Between Binuclear and Mononuclear Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Oxygen Sensing Performance
title_full_unstemmed Comparison Between Binuclear and Mononuclear Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Oxygen Sensing Performance
title_sort comparison between binuclear and mononuclear ru(ii) complexes: synthesis, structure, photophysics, and oxygen sensing performance
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