Explores the design and photophysical properties of light-activated functional materials derived from transition-metal elements, and their current and future development.
Photoactive coordination complexes of the transition metal elements have long been of interest, with the last few decades seeing a wealth of studies dedicated to their photophysical properties and excited state behaviour. Light-driven applications for these materials are now being realised, such as light-emitting devices, biological imaging probes, and novel chemotherapy agents.
This book focusses on the methods of study and applications of photoactive coordination complexes of the d-block elements. The reader will be introduced to the initial design and fundamental photophysical properties of these molecules, before learning how these molecules have been adapted, developed and utilised within a variety of real-world devices, materials and applications. This book will also provide the reader with a clear vision for the future and the remaining challenges that lie ahead in the further development of light-activated functional materials.
The Use of Emission and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy to Examine
Structural Changes upon Photoexcitation in Metal Complexes
Recent Development of Ruthenium Complexes for Photochemotherapy (PCT)
Applications
Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes for Biological Sensing and Labelling
Recent Advancements in Transition Metal Complexes as Triplet Emitters for
Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) in Transition Metal Complexes
Paul Scattergood is a synthetic inorganic chemist with a strong interest in the study of photoactive coordination complexes. Paul attained his PhD from the University of Sheffield in 2014 under the supervision of Prof Julia Weinstein, studying photo-induced electron transfer processes in complexes of Pt(II). He then moved to undertake Post-Doctoral studies with Prof. Paul Elliott at the University of Huddersfield, exploring photoactive complexes of Ru(II), Ir(III) and Os(II) and their role as biological probes and within light-emitting systems. Paul moved to an independent Research Fellow position in 2018 and now leads a research programme developing photoactive coordination complexes of the Earth-abundant first row transition metal elements.
