TY - JOUR A1 - Wächtler, Maria A1 - Kübel, Joachim A1 - Barthelmes, Kevin A1 - Winter, Andreas A1 - Schmiedel, Alexander A1 - Pascher, Torbjörn A1 - Lambert, Christoph A1 - Schubert, Ulrich S. A1 - Dietzek, Benjamin T1 - Energy transfer and formation of long-lived \(^3\)MLCT states in multimetallic complexes with extended highly conjugated bis-terpyridyl ligands JF - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics N2 - Multimetallic complexes with extended and highly conjugated bis-2,2':6',2''-terpyridyl bridging ligands, which present building blocks for coordination polymers, are investigated with respect to their ability to act as light-harvesting antennae. The investigated species combine Ru(II)- with Os(II)- and Fe(II)-terpyridyl chromophores, the latter acting as energy sinks. Due to the extended conjugated system the ligands are able to prolong the lifetime of the \(^3\)MLCT states compared to unsubstituted terpyridyl species by delocalization and energetic stabilization of the \(^3\)MLCT states. This concept is applied for the first time to Fe(II) terpyridyl species and results in an exceptionally long lifetime of 23 ps for the Fe(II) \(^3\)MLCT state. While partial energy (>80%) transfer is observed between the Ru(II) and Fe(II) centers with a time-constant of 15 ps, excitation energy is transferred completely from the Ru(II) to the Os(II) center within the first 200 fs after excitation. KW - polypyridyl complexes KW - bis-terpyridyl ligands KW - multimetallic complexes KW - metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) KW - RU-(II) complexes KW - Ru(II)–Fe(II)–Ru(II) complex Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-191041 VL - 18 IS - 4 ER -