Photophysics of Ir(iii) complexes with oligo(arylene ethynylene) ligandsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: synthesis and characterization of 1 and 2; electrochemical data and absorption spectra of 1 and 2; transient absorption spectrum of 3. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b206987c/

Abstract

We report the photophysics of two complexes of the type Ir(ppy)₂(OAE)⁺, where ppy = 2-phenylpyridine and OAE is a π-conjugated oligo(arylene ethynylene) ligand.