Lam Tsz Lung, Lai Jing, Annapureddy Rajasekar Reddy, Xue Minying, Yang Chen, Guan Yunzhi, Zhou Pingjian, Chan Sharon Lai-Fung
Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) , Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
Inorg Chem. 2017 Sep 18;56(18):10835-10839. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00955. Epub 2017 Aug 28.
The development of novel luminescent iridium(III) complexes with highly tunable emission energy and versatile applications is of particular importance. In this Communication, a series of luminescent iridium(III) complexes supported by chromophoric pyridinium-derived N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands that display tunable emission from 516 to 682 nm were prepared. These complexes can be used as photocatalysts in photooxidation and photoreduction reactions and could have potential applications in pH sensing.
