Increasing the triplet lifetime and extending the ground-state absorption of biscyclometalated Ir(iii) complexes for reverse saturable absorption and photodynamic therapy applications

Synthesis, photophysics, and reverse saturable absorption of 7-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-9,9-di(2-ethylhexyl)-9H-fluoren-2-yl tethered [Ir(bpy)(ppy)2]PF6 and Ir(ppy)3 complexes (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, ppy = 2-phenylpyridine)

(2016) Zhongjing Li et al.   RSC Advances

Triangular Platinum(II) Metallacycles: Syntheses, Photophysics, and Nonlinear Optics

(2015) Yuanpeng Fan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Phosphorescent iridium(III)-bis-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes as mitochondria-targeted theranostic and photodynamic anticancer agents

(2015) Yi Li et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Ru(II) dyads derived from α -oligothiophenes: A new class of potent and versatile photosensitizers for PDT

(2015) Ge Shi et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Heteroleptic cationic iridium(iii) complexes bearing naphthalimidyl substituents: synthesis, photophysics and reverse saturable absorption

(2015) Chengkui Pei et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Dual Emissions from Ruthenium(II) Complexes Having 4-Arylethynyl-1,10-phenanthroline at Low Temperature

(2015) Eri Sakuda et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A Luminescent Poly(amidoamine)–Iridium Complex as a New Singlet-Oxygen Sensitizer for Photodynamic Therapy

(2015) Daniela Maggioni et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Photochemical Properties of Red-Emitting Tris(cyclometalated) Iridium(III) Complexes Having Basic and Nitro Groups and Application to pH Sensing and Photoinduced Cell Death

(2015) Aya Kando et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Dual-Emissive Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Polypyridine Complexes as Ratiometric Biological Probes and Organelle-Selective Bioimaging Reagents

(2015) Kenneth Yin Zhang et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Organometallic Ru(II) Photosensitizers Derived from π-Expansive Cyclometalating Ligands: Surprising Theranostic PDT Effects

(2015) Tariq Sainuddin et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Long-Lived Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complexes Conjugated with Cationic Polyfluorenes for Heparin Sensing and Cellular Imaging

(2015) Jiayang Jiang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Strong triplet excited-state absorption in a phenanthrolinyl iridium(III) complex with benzothiazolylfluorenyl-substituted ligands

(2015) Timothy M. Pritchett et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Cyclometalated iridium(iii) complexes as lysosome-targeted photodynamic anticancer and real-time tracking agents

(2015) Liang He et al.   Chemical Science

Cyclometalated Ir(iii) complexes as targeted theranostic anticancer therapeutics: combining HDAC inhibition with photodynamic therapy

(2014) Rui-Rong Ye et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Comparison Between Polypyridyl and Cyclometalated Ruthenium(II) Complexes: Anticancer Activities Against 2D and 3D Cancer Models

(2014) Huaiyi Huang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

In Vitro Multiwavelength PDT with 3IL States: Teaching Old Molecules New Tricks

(2014) Huimin Yin et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Copper Phenanthrene Oxidative Chemical Nucleases

(2014) Zara Molphy et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ru(II) Dyads Derived from 2-(1-Pyrenyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline: Versatile Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Applications

(2014) Mat Stephenson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Influence of Different Diimine (N∧N) Ligands on the Photophysics and Reverse Saturable Absorption of Heteroleptic Cationic Iridium(III) Complexes Bearing Cyclometalating 2-{3-[7-(Benzothiazol-2-yl)fluoren-2-yl]phenyl}pyridine (C∧N) Ligands

(2014) Rui Liu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Effects of Extended π-Conjugation in Phenanthroline (N∧N) and Phenylpyridine (C∧N) Ligands on the Photophysics and Reverse Saturable Absorption of Cationic Heteroleptic Iridium(III) Complexes

(2014) Yuhao Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Large reverse saturable absorption under weak continuous incoherent light

(2014) Shuzo Hirata et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

All optical nonlinear and switching characteristics of a novel ruthenium complex

(2014) K.B. Manjunatha et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

Cytotoxicity Studies of Cyclometallated Ruthenium(II) Compounds: New Applications for Ruthenium Dyes

(2014) Bruno Peña et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Cyclometalated Ir(iii) complexes with styryl-BODIPY ligands showing near IR absorption/emission: preparation, study of photophysical properties and application as photodynamic/luminescence imaging materials

(2014) Poulomi Majumdar et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Nonlinear Absorbing Cationic Iridium(III) Complexes Bearing Benzothiazolylfluorene Motif on the Bipyridine (N∧N) Ligand: Synthesis, Photophysics and Reverse Saturable Absorption

(2013) Yuhao Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Mitochondria-targeting cyclometalated iridium(III)–PEG complexes with tunable photodynamic activity

(2013) Steve Po-Yam Li et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A rare case of dual emission in a neutral heteroleptic iridium(iii) complex

(2013) Sébastien Ladouceur et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Synthesis and photophysics of reverse saturable absorbing heteroleptic iridium(iii) complexes bearing 2-(7-R-fluoren-2′-yl)pyridine ligands

(2013) Yuhao Li et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Long-Lived π-Shape Platinum(II) Diimine Complexes Bearing 7-Benzothiazolylfluoren-2-yl Motif on the Bipyridine and Acetylide Ligands: Admixing π,π* and Charge-Transfer Configurations

(2013) Yuhao Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Functionalized by Luminescent Iridium Complexes: Synthesis and Photophysical and Electrofluorochromic Properties

(2013) Fabien Miomandre et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Exploitation of Long-Lived 3IL Excited States for Metal–Organic Photodynamic Therapy: Verification in a Metastatic Melanoma Model

(2013) Richard Lincoln et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nonlinear optical and all-optical switching studies of novel ruthenium complex

(2013) K.B. Manjunatha et al.   OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY

New cyclometallated Ru(ii) complex for potential application in photochemotherapy?

(2013) Bryan A. Albani et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Extending the Bandwidth of Reverse Saturable Absorption in Platinum Complexes Using Two-Photon-Initiated Excited-State Absorption

(2012) Bingguang Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Luminescent Ionic Transition-Metal Complexes for Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells

(2012) Rubén D. Costa et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis, photophysics and reverse saturable absorption of bipyridyl platinum(ii) bis(arylfluorenylacetylide) complexes

(2012) Rui Liu et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

A novel electrochemiluminescent reagent of cyclometalated iridium complex-based DNA biosensor and its application in cancer cell detection

(2011) Chunxiang Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Dual anticancer activity in a single compound: visible-light-induced apoptosis by an antiangiogenic iridium complex

(2011) Anja Kastl et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Organometallic acetylides of PtII, AuI and HgII as new generation optical power limiting materials

(2011) Gui-Jiang Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Visible-Light Harvesting with Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes Having Long-Lived3IL Excited States and Their Application in Triplet-Triplet-Annihilation Based Upconversion

(2011) Jifu Sun et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Functional IrIII Complexes and Their Applications

(2010) Zhu-qi Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Efficient DNA photocleavage by [Ru(bpy)2(dppn)]2+ with visible light

(2010) Yujie Sun et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Phosphorescent chemosensors based on heavy-metal complexes

(2010) Qiang Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Broadband Nonlinear Absorbing Platinum 2,2′-Bipyridine Complex Bearing 2-(Benzothiazol-2′-yl)-9,9-diethyl-7-ethynylfluorene Ligands

(2010) Wenfang Sun et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A New Heteroleptic Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex with Long-Wavelength Absorption and High Singlet-Oxygen Quantum Yield

(2010) Qian-Xiong Zhou et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

A sensitive phosphorescent thiol chemosensor based on an iridium(iii) complex with α,β-unsaturated ketone functionalized 2,2′-bipyridyl ligand

(2010) Na Zhao et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Iridium Metal Complexes Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for Blue-Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells

(2010) Cheng-Han Yang et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Dynamics of the Excited States of [Ir(ppy)2bpy]+with Triple Phosphorescence

(2010) Shih-Hsiang Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Photophysics and Nonlinear Absorption of Cyclometalated 4,6-Diphenyl-2,2′-bipyridyl Platinum(II) Complexes with Different Acetylide Ligands

(2010) Rui Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Photophysical Properties and Singlet Oxygen Production by Ruthenium(II) Complexes of Benzo[i]dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine: Spectroscopic and TD-DFT Study

(2009) Simon P. Foxon et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Symmetric Versus Unsymmetric Platinum(II) Bis(aryleneethynylene)s with Distinct Electronic Structures for Optical Power Limiting/Optical Transparency Trade-off Optimization

(2008) Guijiang Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Ru(II) Complexes of New Tridentate Ligands: Unexpected High Yield of Sensitized1O2

(2008) Yao Liu et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complex with Strong and Broadband Nonlinear Optical Response

(2008) Pin Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A