Luminescence properties of isolated lanthanide and transition metal complexes (C07)

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: from 2011 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 142808194

This 3MET project investigates metal-metal interactions and functional cooperativity in photoluminescent heteronuclear lanthanide and transition metal complexes. It studies structure and coordination of the metal centers. It screens these complexes for visible to near infrared down conversion and for near infrared to visible up conversion, both of which are highly cooperative in nature. It correlates structure and luminescence, and it investigates the influence of environmental interactions on non-radiative transitions. It com-bines gas phase luminescence studies on mass-selected ions, measurements in solution and on crystals, and quantum-chemical calculations.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 88: Cooperative Effects in Homo- and Heterometallic Complexes (3MET)
• Applicant Institution: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Manfred Kappes, until 12/2018; Dr. Sergej Lebedkin; Privatdozent Dr. Detlef Schooß