Zubair Ahmed , Asgar Ali , Tommaso Del Rosso , Shafat Ahmad Khan
{"title":"Red EuropiumIII complexes: Synthesis, photophysics and optoelectronics properties","authors":"Zubair Ahmed , Asgar Ali , Tommaso Del Rosso , Shafat Ahmad Khan","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122831","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122831","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this article, four Eu<sup>III</sup> complexes of ternary nature, [Eu(bfa)<sub>3</sub>(L)<sub>x</sub>] {L = diphenyl sulphoxide (dpso) (<strong>1</strong>), dpsoCl (bis(4-chlorophenyl) sulphoxide) (<strong>3</strong>) and tppo (triphenylphosphine oxide) (x = 2) (<strong>4</strong>), and dpsoCH<sub>3</sub> (4,4′-dimethyldiphenylsulfoxide) (x = 3) (<strong>2</strong>)}, bfa = 4,4,4-Trifluoro-1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione}, were synthesised and thoroughly characterized. The structures of the complexes were confirmed by FTIR, <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>1</sup>H NMR analyses. The Sparkle model/PM7 analysis shows that the complexes possess structural geometries as: <strong>1</strong> and <strong>4</strong> – Biaugmented trigonal prism, <strong>3 –</strong>square antiprism, and <strong>2</strong> –spherical capped square antiprism. The complexes exhibit red luminescence with a photoluminescence quantum yields ranging from 32 to 61 %. The presence of co-ligands in the complexes significantly increases the photophysical parameters, particularly in the solid state. The energy transfer rates and back energy transfer rates of the complexes are determined. The complexes showed pure red emissions with CIE color coordinates as x = 0.66 and y = 0.33 (612 nm), suggesting their possible use as red component in organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). In particular, complex <strong>4</strong> exhibits the highest efficiency and stability. As a result, this complex– as an emiiting component– was tested in an OLED with a multiple layer structure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122831"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144633421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling the potential of luminescent metal–organic frameworks as optical sensors for the detection of food contaminants","authors":"Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone, Jigneshkumar V. Rohit","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122830","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122830","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Food toxicity has become an increasing concern due to the rising levels of contaminants in food products. The identification of foodborne toxins is crucial for safeguarding public health and ensuring food safety. In recent decades, advances in sensor technology have enabled the rapid, efficient, and reliable detection of food pollutants. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have garnered significant attention as efficient sensory materials due to their active metal sites, large surface areas, excellent chemical and thermal stability, and tunable structures with variable pore sizes, making them a promising alternative to conventional analytical techniques. However, despite extensive research on MOFs for contaminant detection, there is a notable lack of studies dedicated specifically to luminescent MOF-based optical sensors for food contaminants. This review comprehensively discusses the latest advancements in the design and development of luminescent MOFs based optical sensors, focusing on their synthesis routes—including solvothermal, mechanochemical, sonochemical, and electrochemical methods—and the strategies employed to induce and tune their luminescence, such as ligand-based, metal-based, guest-induced, and exciplex emission. Special attention is given to their working mechanisms and their applications for the detection of wide spectrum of food contaminants, including veterinary drug residues, heavy metals, pesticides, microbial pathogens, illegal additives, and other hazardous substances. Challenges such as stability, scalability, and regulatory concerns are critically analyzed, along with future perspectives that emphasize integration with the real-time monitoring platforms. This work aims to serve as a foundational resource for researchers and stakeholders developing next-generation sensors for enhanced food safety and public health protection.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122830"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144570694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Darren F. Beirne , Sean O'’. Neill , Eithne Dempsey , Kevin Kavanagh , Diego Seamus Montagner , Stephen Barrett
{"title":"Electrochemical behaviour and DNA intercalation studies of novel antimicrobial Bis - Cu(II) substituted Dipyridophenazine complexes","authors":"Darren F. Beirne , Sean O'’. Neill , Eithne Dempsey , Kevin Kavanagh , Diego Seamus Montagner , Stephen Barrett","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122829","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122829","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The public health threat caused by antimicrobial drug resistance has led to research towards alternatives to current chemotherapeutics, with metal-based complexes providing an excellent and promising avenue. Cu(II) species are of particular interest in this area due to their redox properties that could interfere with and inhibit bacterial growth. Here, we report the synthesis and characterisation of four novel bis-Cu(II) substituted Dipyridophenazine complexes. The dypyridophenazine ligands (DPPZ) where synthesized with different substituents at the 11 position (i.e. NO<sub>2</sub>, Br, CH<sub>3</sub> and CN) to evaluate the effect of the functionality with respect the redox and biological behaviour. The DNA intercalation properties together with a detailed electrochemical study of the complexes and of the ligands is reported. The toxicity of the complexes against Methicillin Resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (MRSA) and the yeast <em>Candida albicans</em> was characterised and the promise of this family of complexes as novel anti-microbial drugs in a post-antibiotic age was demonstrated.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122829"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144522098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia M. Toro , Marco Henríquez , Ignacio Erazo , Pedro Levín , David Villaman , Mirco Natali , Claudio Barrientos , Alan R. Cabrera
{"title":"Rhenium (I) complexes based on iminopyridyl ligands: Structural, photophysical, and CO2 electrocatalytic reduction studies","authors":"Patricia M. Toro , Marco Henríquez , Ignacio Erazo , Pedro Levín , David Villaman , Mirco Natali , Claudio Barrientos , Alan R. Cabrera","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122827","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122827","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Five rhenium complexes [Re(CO)<sub>3</sub>(<em>N,N</em>)Cl] (<strong>C1–5</strong>), in which <em>N,N</em> represents iminopyridyl ligands, were successfully synthesized. The structural characterization of these compounds includes NMR, FT-IR, and HRMS analyses. Additionally, the molecular structures of <strong>C2</strong> and <strong>C3</strong> were determined through X-ray diffraction analysis. Electrochemical characterization indicates a metal-centered HOMO and a ligand-centered LUMO, with the latter strongly influenced by the nature of the substituent. The photophysical properties of all complexes were examined using UV–Vis spectroscopy and spectrofluorometric measurements in dichloromethane solution at room temperature, as well as in the solid state. All complexes exhibit a spin-allowed MLCT absorption transition in the 405–471 nm range. In degassed dichloromethane solution at room temperature, complexes <strong>C1–3</strong> and <strong>C5</strong> display an unstructured (Kinzel et al., 2021<sup>3)</sup>MLCT emission in the red region of the visible spectrum. In contrast, complex <strong>C4</strong>, which features the lower-energy absorption, is nearly non-luminescent. Conversely, all complexes show emission in the solid state, with bands presenting a distinctive hypsochromic shift characteristic of MLCT states. Finally, all compounds were evaluated for their ability to promote the electrocatalytic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub>, showing turnover frequencies (TOFs) ranging from 8.1 to 304.4 s<sup>−1</sup>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122827"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ying-Juan Wei, Yi-Cong Lou, Shu-Ying Luo, Qing-Hu Teng, Fu-Pei Liang, Kai Wang
{"title":"Synthesis, structures and magnetic properties of π-stacked supermolecular dysprosium(III) complexes with 8-hydroxyquinoline","authors":"Ying-Juan Wei, Yi-Cong Lou, Shu-Ying Luo, Qing-Hu Teng, Fu-Pei Liang, Kai Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122828","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122828","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, we report three Dy<sup>III</sup> complexes, namely, [Dy<sub>3</sub>(ql)<sub>8</sub>Cl(Hql)]·3CH<sub>3</sub>OH·H<sub>2</sub>O (<strong>1</strong>; Hql = 8-hydroxyquinoline), [Dy<sub>3</sub>(ql)<sub>7</sub>(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(Hql)]·3CH<sub>3</sub>CN (<strong>2</strong>) and [Dy<sub>2</sub>(ql)<sub>3</sub>(Xa)(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(CH<sub>3</sub>OH)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)] (<strong>3</strong>, HXa = xanthene-9-carboxylic acid). Both <strong>1</strong> and <strong>2</strong> feature quasi-linear trinuclear cluster structures, while <strong>3</strong> has a dinuclear structure. Significantly, diverse intermolecular π-π interactions led to the structural variety in three systems, forming supermolecular dimers of <strong>1</strong> and <strong>3</strong>, and a supramolecular 2D honeycomb-like framework of <strong>2</strong>. Magnetic studies demonstrate that <strong>1</strong> and <strong>3</strong> exhibit field induced dual relaxation behavior. The efficient energy barriers for their slow relaxation processes are only 3.0 and 2.1 K. In contrast, <strong>2</strong> displays zero-field relaxation behavior, with an efficient energy barrier of 140 K. This work highlights how ligand field engineering and π-π stacking interactions synergistically modulate relaxation dynamics in lanthanoid single-molecule magnets systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122828"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francesco Rossi , Gianmarco Stati , Thithawat Trakoolwilaiwan , Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh , Silvia Sancilio , Roberta Di Pietro
{"title":"Preliminary study on ex vivo efficacy of curcumin‑silver nanoparticles as a treatment of human pterygium-derived keratinocytes","authors":"Francesco Rossi , Gianmarco Stati , Thithawat Trakoolwilaiwan , Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh , Silvia Sancilio , Roberta Di Pietro","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pterygium is a progressive disease of the human eye in which an invasive growth arises from the sub-conjunctival tissue and extends onto the cornea, eventually reaching the pupil and compromising visual function. This disease is commonly diffused in human population living in the tropical region with an average incidence of 7 % of cases in India, Singapore and China and peaks of 30 % in Japan. The available surgical or pharmacological treatments are only partially successful in stopping the disease and imply a great risk of aggressive relapse. The proposed inorganic nanoparticles conjugated with curcumin have demonstrably been able to reduce of 30 % ± 0.2 % the vitality of pterygium keratinocytes extracted by affected patients, thus offering an alternative therapeutic option for the containment of this human disease.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122826"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144365987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Steven Arnold , John Bacsa , Christian Jelsch , Nicholas C. Thomas
{"title":"Synthesis, crystal structure, spectral properties, and charge density analysis of 4-coordinate Bis[1-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,3-butadionato-O,O′]copper(II)1","authors":"Steven Arnold , John Bacsa , Christian Jelsch , Nicholas C. Thomas","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122824","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122824","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The reaction of 1-[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]-1,3-butanedione (Hdapb) with copper(II) chloride produces bis[1-(4-<em>N</em>,<em>N</em>-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,3-butadionato-O,O′]copper(II), Cu(dapb)<sub>2</sub> (<strong>I</strong>), with high yields. The title compound crystallizes exceptionally well, forming suitable crystals for X-ray crystallography and detailed electron distribution studies for copper. The copper atom can be treated as an isolated 4-coordinate atom with a single unpaired 3d electron. Contrary to expectations, the two dapb ligands bonded to the copper are inequivalent, characterized by unequal Cu<img>O bond lengths. A suitable model confirming the correct d-electron splitting and distortion of this d<sup>9</sup>-distorted square planar complex and establishing its spectral properties is proposed. <em>R</em>-free calculations were carried out to determine the optimal weighting parameters for the chemical equivalence and local symmetry restraints on the charge density. The charge density confirms the appropriate d-electron splitting for a distorted d<sup>9</sup>-square planar complex and establishes its compatibility with the complex's spectral properties. The UV–visible absorption spectra show a charge transfer band in addition to the expected d-d bands, whose energies deviate from the trend previously documented in the literature.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122824"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photodynamic antibacterial therapy by metal complex mediators: A new promise for eliminating drug-Resistant infectious microorganisms","authors":"Afrasiyab , Ruiwen Zhou , Khadija Raziq , Ting Xue , Dongdong Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122818","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122818","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Photodynamic treatment (PDT), a minimally invasive therapeutic technique, produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) that particularly damage cells by combining light energy with a photosensitizing agent. Although PDT was initially developed for oncology, it has demonstrated significant promise in the treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infections. The proliferation of drug-resistant bacteria poses a severe threat to public health, necessitating the development of novel therapeutic strategies. With the lack of new antibacterial drugs (e.g., antibiotics) coming to the clinics, efforts have focused on creating substitute methods. One such method is antibacterial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), a light-, oxygen-, and non-toxic photosensitizer dye-based system that assists in generating cytotoxic reactive oxygen species. Certain metal complexes, such as those of platinum and copper (II), have been identified to be promising as photosensitizers due to their unique electronic structures. However, copper complexes, while interesting, typically display ROS formation under specific conditions and are not effective under all PDT treatments. With emphasis on metal complex utilization in antimicrobial therapy, this study describes the principles, clinical application, and history of photodynamic therapy (PDT) by destroying the membranes that surround bacterial cells and inhibiting enzymatic. These metal-based photosensitizers present a new and efficient way to combat antibiotic resistance by triggering oxidative stress and triggering new processes. An important development in antimicrobial therapy is using metal complexes in PDT regimens, which promise increased efficacy and selectivity. A nanomaterial-based photodynamic antibacterial synergistic method is described at length relative to the lethal potential of bacteria. A PDT antibacterial multiple synergistic method using a nanomaterial-based approach augmented with a suitably increased temperature diminishes cellular activity and increases cell sensitivity towards ROS, allowing for effortless inactivation. Drug-resistant bacterial infections are a global concern that will require the focus of future research to optimize these complexes for clinical application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122818"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144365986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ling Chen, Xue Gao, Yafei Li, Mengxiang Wu, Yahong Li
{"title":"Zinc compounds supported by β-enaminone and β-diketiminate ligands: syntheses, characterization and catalytic behaviors toward cross-coupling of B2Pin2 with aryl iodides","authors":"Ling Chen, Xue Gao, Yafei Li, Mengxiang Wu, Yahong Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The application of two <em>β</em>-enaminone ligands and one <em>β</em>-diketiminate ligand in the preparation of zinc complexes is reported. Three dinuclear zinc compounds [Zn<sub>2</sub>(L<sup>1</sup>)<sub>2</sub>Et<sub>2</sub>] (<strong>1</strong>), [Zn<sub>2</sub>(L<sup>2</sup>)<sub>2</sub>Et<sub>2</sub>] (<strong>2</strong>) and [Zn<sub>2</sub>(L<sup>3</sup>)Et<sub>2</sub>] (<strong>3</strong>) were synthesized, and the catalytic potential of <strong>1</strong>–<strong>3</strong> for the cross-coupling of B<sub>2</sub>Pin<sub>2</sub> with aryl iodides was investigated (HL<sup>1</sup> = 4-(mesitylamino)pent-3-en-2-one, HL<sup>2</sup> = 4-((2,4,6-tricyclopentyl- phenyl)amino)pent-3-en-2-one, H<sub>2</sub>L<sup>3</sup> = <em>N</em>,<em>N</em>′-((ethane-1,2-diylbis(azanylylidene)) bis(pent-2-en-2-yl-4-ylidene))bis(2,4,6-tricyclopentylaniline)). The purpose of this work was to examine the influence of changes in the backbones of the ligands on the catalytic properties of <strong>1</strong>–<strong>3</strong>. The catalytic activity of <strong>3</strong> was the highest, revealing that the steric hindrance of the ligands coordinating with zinc ions affects the catalytic efficiency. The borylation of aryl iodides catalyzed by <strong>3</strong> can occur under mild conditions, and a series of substrates with different functional groups can be borylated smoothly in satisfactory yields.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122825"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144480637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Luminescent dinuclear platinum(II) complexes featuring rigidly linked Pt(N'CNO) units: N′ = isoquinoline versus pyridine","authors":"Amit Sil, Emma V. Puttock, J.A. Gareth Williams","doi":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ica.2025.122823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Luminescent, square-planar platinum(II) complexes often undergo intermolecular interfacial interactions at elevated concentrations, sometimes leading to low-energy emission from excimers or aggregates and thus offering an attractive route to more efficient red- and NIR-emitting phosphors. In this study, we describe two new compounds, L<sup>py</sup>Pt<sub>2</sub> and L<sup>iq</sup>Pt<sub>2</sub>, in which two Pt(<em>NCNO</em>) units are appended onto a xanthene scaffold to favour the intramolecular formation of such states. The Pt(<em>NCNO</em>) units are based on mononuclear Pt(II) complexes known to be highly emissive, namely those of 5,5-dibutyl-2-(3-(pyridin-2-yl)-phenyl-5H-indeno[1,2-b]pyridine-9-olate in the case of L<sup>py</sup>Pt<sub>2</sub>, and its isoquinolin-3-yl analogue for L<sup>iq</sup>Pt<sub>2</sub>. X-ray diffraction reveals an <em>anti</em> arrangement of the Pt(<em>NCNO</em>) units relative to one another. The emission spectrum of L<sup>py</sup>Pt<sub>2</sub> in solution is dominated by a low-energy band centred at 660 nm, with weaker bands at shorter wavelengths where the corresponding mononuclear complex emits. The former is attributed to excimers that form intramolecularly, but the process is inhibited in a polystyrene host at room temperature, and in a glass at 77 K. Conversely, L<sup>iq</sup>Pt<sub>2</sub> displays no such excimer emission in solution, probably due to a less flexible structure impeding the attainment of the necessary geometry at room temperature. In polystyrene films at loadings >25 % by mass, both complexes begin to show low-energy emission from intermolecular excimers or aggregates. In neat films of L<sup>iq</sup>Pt<sub>2</sub>, the low-energy band dominates the spectrum, with a remarkably high quantum yield of around 20 %, an order of magnitude higher than L<sup>py</sup>Pt<sub>2</sub>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13599,"journal":{"name":"Inorganica Chimica Acta","volume":"587 ","pages":"Article 122823"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144329807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}