Controlling Photophysical Properties in Bis-Cyclometalated Ir(III)-Terpyridine Complexes through Photoinduced Intraligand Charge Transfer

Joanna Palion-Gazda, Aleksandra Kwiecień, Mateusz Penkala, Anna Kryczka, Barbara Machura, Patrycja Rawicka, Mariola Siwy, Dorota Kowalska, Sebastian Maćkowski, Ewa Schab-Balcerzak, Karol Erfurt · 2026

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Joanna Palion-Gazda and co-authors tune light emitting iridium complexes in a 2026 chemistry study. The complexes pair iridium with terpyridine and benzothiazole based ligands and are candidates for light emitting devices. The team asked how a remote amine group on one ligand reshapes light output and device behaviour.

Plain model complexes glowed from a ligand centred excited state with sharp structure and little solvent shift. Adding the amine group smoothed the glow band and made it sensitive to solvent, signalling a switch to a mixed charge transfer state. Swapping in a triphenylamine group also steadied test devices built with the complexes. Wide lab methods, from voltage scans to light spectra, backed the assignments.

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CREATORJoanna Palion-Gazda, Aleksandra Kwiecień, Mateusz Penkala, Anna Kryczka, Barbara Machura, Patrycja Rawicka, Mariola Siwy, Dorota Kowalska, Sebastian Maćkowski, Ewa Schab-Balcerzak, Karol Erfurt
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE65111
LICENSEhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13321313

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