Luminescence spectroscopy as a probe of binding state differences between enantiomeric and racemic poly(pyridyl)-ruthenium(II) chelates intercalated in smectite clays

Abstract

Luminescence spectral studies (steady state and dynamic) indicate clear differences between the binding states of enantiomeric and racemic forms of poly(pyridyl)-ruthenium(II) complexes intercalated in Na-hectorite clay, even at low loadings of the exchanging sites.