Inorganic Photochemistry

Preface

Luminescent lanthanide sensors

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I. Introduction

II. Effects of Ancillary Ligands

III. Additional Factors That Govern Complex Stability

IV. Looking to the Future

V. Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Photophysics of soft and hard molecular assemblies based on luminescent complexes

I. Introduction

II. Basic Photophysics of Selected Transition Metal Complexes

III. Molecular Systems Based on Aggregates of d6 Metal Complexes

IV. Molecular Systems Based on Aggregates of d8 Metal Complexes

V. Conclusions and Open Questions

Photochemistry and photophysics of metal complexes with dendritic ligands

I. Dendrimers: A New Class of Ligands

II. Intrinsic Photochemical and Photophysical Properties of Organic Dendrimers

III. Dendrimers with One or More Metal Complexes as Branching Centers

IV. Coordination of Metal Ions Inside Dendrimers

V. Coordination of Dendrimers Around Metal Ions

VI. Conclusion

Photochemistry and photocatalysis of rhenium(I) diimine complexes

I. Introduction

II. Photophysics of Rhenium(I) Diimine Complexes

III. Photochemistry of Rhenium(I) Complexes

IV. Rhenium(I) Complexes as Highly Efficient Photocatalyst

Acknowledgments

Design of porphyrin-based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

I. Introduction

II. Molecular and Electronic Structure

III. Electronic Transitions

IV. Photoinduced Reactions with Molecular Oxygen

V. Photodynamic Therapy

VI. Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Photosensitization and photocatalysis in bioinorganic, bio-organometallic and biomimetic systems

I. Introduction

II. Inorganic Photochemistry Inspired by Nature

III. Design Strategies and Building Blocks

IV. Selected Applications

V. Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

Transition metal complexes as solar photocatalysts in the environment

I. Introduction

II. Environmental Matter Under Sunlight Impact

III. Effect of Complexation and Photochemistry on Composition of Individual Compartments and Transport Between Them

IV. Transition Metal Photochemistry in Conversion of Some Atmospheric Gases

V. Photooxidation of Organic Pollutants by Transition Metal Complexes in Hydrosphere and Soils

VI. Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

Photochemical activation and splitting of H2O, CO2, and N2 induced by CT excitation of redoxactive metal complexes

I. Introduction

II. Water Splitting

III. Carbon Dioxide Splitting

IV. Dinitrogen Splitting

V. Conclusion

VI. Abbreviations

Acknowledgment

Visible light photocatalysis by metal halide complexes containing titania as a semiconductor ligand

I. Introduction

II. Titania–Chloroplatinum(IV) Complexes

III. Titania–Halogenorhodium(III) Complexes (X=Cl, Br)

IV. Summary and Outlook

Acknowledgments

Photocatalysis by inorganic solid materials

I. Introduction

II. Photocatalysis

III. Principle of Photocatalysis

IV. Kinetics

V. Visible Light-Induced Photocatalysis

VI. Design of Active Photocatalysts

VII. Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments