The Radiative Decay Rates Tune the Emissive Properties of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes: A Computational Study

Stay tuned: Tuning the excited state lifetimes of RuII polypyridyl complexes is the key to their potential applicabilities, for example, as photosensitizers. This work demonstrates that the different emissive properties of two similar RuII polypyridyl complexes bearing peripheral ligand substitution are governed by the radiative decay rates and not the energy gap law. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.