Monovalent coinage metal complexes have been of significant interest due to their rich photophysical properties. This dissertation focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of gold, silver, and copper phosphors. Chapter 2 investigates new physical and photophysical properties of a gold diphosphine dimer in the solid state. Thermally activated luminescence switching between two structural states is discussed. Chapter 3 includes the photochemistry of closed shell group 11 transition metals with dithiophosphonate and diphosphine ligands as heteroleptic, homoleptic and heterometallic systems. Chapter 4 reports the synthesis and characterization of a cyclic trinuclear gold imidazolate complex with high electron dentistry and π- base properties. The trinuclear gold (I) complexes reactivity with silver(I) and sodium cations is explored. The photochemistry of all complexes are screened for efficiency, emission profiles and lifetimes as potential materials to be used in OLEDs and other molecular devices.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1703352 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Harris, Lauren Michelle |
| Contributors | Slaughter, LeGrande M., Marpu, Sreekar B., Cisneros, Andres, Neogi, Arup, Macaluso, Robin |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | xii, 106 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Harris, Lauren Michelle, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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