Issue 2, 2014

Modification of coordination networks through a photoinduced charge transfer process

Abstract

A metal-bearing coordination network synthesised from Re(2,2′-bipyridine-5,5′-dicarboxylate)(CO)3Cl bridging ligands and Cu(II) nodes, [{Cu(DMF)(H2O)[LRe(CO)3Cl]}·DMF]ReCu, undergoes an irreversible photoinduced charge transfer process. We demonstrate using time-resolved IR spectroscopy the nature of this photoinduced process and how, under suitable conditions, it is possible to initiate irreversible modification of the crystal through induction of the charge transfer process. As a result we are able to use the photoinduced process, which arises purely as a result of the structure of the coordination network, to write on crystals.

Graphical abstract: Modification of coordination networks through a photoinduced charge transfer process

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
01 Oct 2013
Accepted
28 Nov 2013
First published
06 Dec 2013

Chem. Sci., 2014,5, 539-544

Author version available

Modification of coordination networks through a photoinduced charge transfer process

T. L. Easun, J. Jia, T. J. Reade, X. Sun, E. S. Davies, A. J. Blake, M. W. George and N. R. Champness, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 539 DOI: 10.1039/C3SC52745J

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