Competitive reversed quartet mechanisms for photogenerated ground state electron spin polarization

Photoinduced electron spin polarization (ESP) of a spin-½ organic radical (nitronyl nitroxide, NN) in a series Pt(II) complexes comprised of 4,4’-di-tert-butyl-2,2’-bipyridine (bpy) and 3-tert-butylcatecholate (CAT) ligands, where the CAT ligand is substituted with (CH3)n-meta-phenyl-NN (bridge-NN)...

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Published in:Chemical science (Cambridge) 2023-09, Vol.14 (36)
Main Authors: Kirk, Martin L., Shultz, David A., Hewitt, Patrick, Marri, Anil Reddy, van der Est, Art
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Language:English
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Summary:Photoinduced electron spin polarization (ESP) of a spin-½ organic radical (nitronyl nitroxide, NN) in a series Pt(II) complexes comprised of 4,4’-di-tert-butyl-2,2’-bipyridine (bpy) and 3-tert-butylcatecholate (CAT) ligands, where the CAT ligand is substituted with (CH3)n-meta-phenyl-NN (bridge-NN) groups, is presented. We show the importance of attenuating the energy gap between localized NN radical and chromophoric excited states to control both the magnitude and sign of the optically-generated ESP, and to provide deeper insight into the details of the ESP mechanism. Understanding electronic structure contributions to optically generated ESP will contribute to our ability to control the nature of prepared states for a variety of quantum information science applications, where strong ESP facilitates enhanced sensitivity and readout capabilities at low applied magnetic fields and higher temperatures.
ISSN:2041-6520
2041-6539