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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
Volume 111, Issue 3, Pages 121-129Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2004.02.011
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molecular sensor; fluorescence spectroscopy; photo-induced electron transfer; transition metal switches; molecular electronics
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Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic properties of 3-hydroxy-3-phenyl-1-o-carboxyphenyltriazene (HT) are studied. The mechanism of photo-induced electron transfer (PET) followed by energy transfer process of the ligand and the Cu (II), Ni (II) and Zn (II) metal complexes have been investigated. The excited state photo induced intramolecular hydrogen transfer from N-OH to triazene 1-nitrogen atom is explained. The effect of pH, solvent and concentration on the absorption and fluorescence of the ligand is studied and it has been found that the absorption and fluorescence of HT is highly pH, solvent and concentration dependent. Participation of the N-OH proton of HT in the solvent assisted O to N-proton transfer has also been proposed. The fluorescence band shift and changes in intensity is modulated by protonation and complexation with metal ions. This fluorophore can thus be used as a pH dependent and M(n+1)+/ Mn+ redox on/off switchable molecular sensor. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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