Structure and excited-state dynamics of dimeric copper(i) photosensitizers investigated by time-resolved X-ray and optical transient absorption spectroscopy

• DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06080a
• Publication Date: 2021-01-25T15:04:37Z
• Authors: Lucía Velasco; Leonel Llanos; Pedro Levín; Andrés Vega; Jin Yu; Xiaoyi Zhang; Luis Lemus; Daniel Aravena; Dooshaye Moonshiram
• Keywords: Homoleptic

Three homoleptic Cu(<sc>i</sc>) dimeric photosensitizers are studied through ultrafast X-ray and optical absorption spectroscopy. The complexes show distinct excited state lifetimes, due to the solvent type spacers' flexibilities between Cu centres.