Issue 18, 2014

In-depth exploration of the photophysics of a trinuclear palladium complex

Abstract

A detailed theoretical and spectroscopic study on the electronically excited states of a trinuclear palladium complex is presented both in the gas phase and solution. The application of DFT and TDDFT methods as well as a variety of spectroscopic methods to the chosen complex [Pd3{Si(mtMe)3}2] (1, mtMe = methimazole) leads to the first detailed analysis of the photophysics of a symmetric trinuclear complex. In combination with the calculations, energies, structures and lifetimes of the excited electronic states (with an 3A1 state as the lowest one) are characterized by applying the resonant-2-photon-ionization method in a molecular beam experiment as well as luminescence, time-correlated single photon counting and excited state femtosecond absorption spectroscopy in solution. These investigations are of fundamental interest to analyze photophysical properties of metal containing complexes on a molecular level.

Graphical abstract: In-depth exploration of the photophysics of a trinuclear palladium complex

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Jan 2014
Accepted
01 Mar 2014
First published
04 Mar 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014,16, 8332-8338

In-depth exploration of the photophysics of a trinuclear palladium complex

Y. Schmitt, K. Chevalier, F. Rupp, M. Becherer, A. Grün, A. M. Rijs, F. Walz, F. Breher, R. Diller, M. Gerhards and W. Klopper, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 8332 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP00175C

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