Transient metal-centered states mediate isomerization of a photochromic ruthenium-sulfoxide complex

Amy A. Cordones; Jae Hyuk Lee; Kiryong Hong; Hana Cho; Komal Garg; Martial Boggio-Pasqua; Jeffrey J. Rack; Nils Huse; Robert W. Schoenlein; Tae Kyu Kim

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04351-0

Nature Communications (May 2018)

Transient metal-centered states mediate isomerization of a photochromic ruthenium-sulfoxide complex

Amy A. Cordones,
Jae Hyuk Lee,
Kiryong Hong,
Hana Cho,
Komal Garg,
Martial Boggio-Pasqua,
Jeffrey J. Rack,
Nils Huse,
Robert W. Schoenlein,
Tae Kyu Kim

Affiliations

Amy A. Cordones: PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
Jae Hyuk Lee: Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
Kiryong Hong: Center for Gas Analysis, Division of Chemical and Medical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Hana Cho: Center for Analytical Chemistry, Division of Chemical and Medical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Komal Garg: Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University
Martial Boggio-Pasqua: Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques, CNRS et Université de Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne
Jeffrey J. Rack: Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University
Nils Huse: Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg
Robert W. Schoenlein: PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
Tae Kyu Kim: Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute of Functional Materials, Pusan National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04351-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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An essential open question in functional transition metal complexes is the relative roles of charge-transfer and metal-centered excited states. Here the authors identify the important role of metal-centered excited states in the linkage photoisomerization of a photochromic Ru-sulfoxide complex.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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