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. 2020 May 18;59(10):7252-7264.
doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00678. Epub 2020 May 7.

Encapsulation of Phosphorescent Pt(II) Complexes in Zn-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks toward Oxygen-Sensing Porous Materials

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Encapsulation of Phosphorescent Pt(II) Complexes in Zn-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks toward Oxygen-Sensing Porous Materials

Tim-Oliver Knedel et al. Inorg Chem. .

Abstract

In this work, we synthesized two tailored phosphorescent Pt(II) complexes bearing a cyclometalating tridentate thiazole-based C^N*N pincer luminophore (L) and exchangeable chlorido ([PtCl(L)]) or cyanido ([PtCN(L)]) coligands. While both complexes showed photoluminescence from metal-perturbed ligand-centered triplet states (3MP-LC), [PtCN(L)] reached the highest phosphorescence quantum yields and displayed a significant sensitivity toward quenching by 3O2. We encapsulated them into two Zn-based metal-organic frameworks, namely, MOF-5 and ZIF-8. The incorporation of the organometallic compounds in the resulting composites [PtCl(L)]@ZIF-8, [PtCN(L)]@ZIF-8, [PtCl(L)]@MOF-5, and [PtCN(L)]@MOF-5 was verified by powder X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy and microscopy, as well as N2- and Ar-gas sorption studies. The amount of encapsulated complex was determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy, showing a maximum loading of 3.7 wt %. If compared with their solid state forms, the solid-solution composites showed prolonged 3O2-sensitive excited state lifetimes for the complexes at room temperature, reaching up to 18.4 μs under an Ar atmosphere, which is comparable with the behavior of the complex in liquid solutions or even frozen glassy matrices at 77 K.

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