The luminescence properties of linear vs. kinked aurophilic 1-D chains of bis(dithiocarbamato)gold(I) dimers

Ryan J Roberts; Nicolas Bélanger-Desmarais; Christian Reber; Daniel B Leznoff

doi:10.1039/c3cc47944g

The luminescence properties of linear vs. kinked aurophilic 1-D chains of bis(dithiocarbamato)gold(I) dimers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Mar 25;50(24):3148-50. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47944g.

Authors

Ryan J Roberts¹, Nicolas Bélanger-Desmarais, Christian Reber, Daniel B Leznoff

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, Canada. dleznoff@sfu.ca.

PMID: 24427774
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47944g

Abstract

Widely varying luminescence spectra are reported for 1-D chains of bis(dithiocarbamato)gold(I) dimers. Variable pressure luminescence spectra elucidate the effect of angular overlap on the emission properties of the aurophilic chain.