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COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
Volume 254, Issue 21-22, Pages 2643-2651Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2009.12.036
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Photochromism; Emission; Luminescence; Lanthanide; Europium; Transition metal; MLCT; f orbitals
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Photo-responsive molecules have been studied extensively because of their light irradiation abilities that enable modulation of certain physical and chemical properties in emerging molecular electronic and photonic devices. For advanced photonic applications, photochromic metal complexes that have photochromic units as the photo-responsive ligand are highly desirable, as they allow improvement of the photochromic properties and their photo-switching functionality. This article focuses on recent progress in luminescent metal complexes with photochromic units. Luminescence-switching properties of photochromic metal complexes depend on characteristic electronic transitions. The electronic transitions of photochromic metal complexes can be divided into three categories: (1) pi-pi* transition of the ligand, (2) metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) in transition-metal complex, and (3) f-f transition in lanthanide complex. Luminescence modulation using various metal complexes with photochromic units has been studied extensively in recent years, and various applications for future molecular switching devices are expected in the field of advanced photonics. Based on the literature and our studies on luminescent metal complexes with photochromic units, we report on the recent progress of luminescent metal complexes with photochromic units. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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