Tuning the Electrical and Optical
Properties of Dinuclear Ruthenium
Complexes for Near Infrared Optical
Sensing

Xun, Shidi; LeClair, Gaetan; Zhang, Jidong; Chen, Xin; Gao, Jian Ping; Wang, Zhi Yuan

doi:10.1021/ol060344f.s001

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Tuning the Electrical and Optical Properties of Dinuclear Ruthenium Complexes for Near Infrared Optical Sensing

journal contribution

posted on 2006-04-13, 00:00 authored by Shidi Xun, Gaetan LeClair, Jidong Zhang, Xin Chen, Jian Ping Gao, Zhi Yuan Wang

Redox-active dinuclear ruthenium complexes with various 1,2-dicarbonylhydrazido (DCH) ligands are designed and prepared to have intense absorption in the near-infrared region for potential optical sensing in aqueous media, as demonstrated for sensing hydrogen peroxide in this study.