Making the golden connection: Reversible mechanochemical and vapochemical switching of luminescence from bimetallic gold-silver clusters associated through aurophilic interactions

  1. Lasanta, T. 1
  2. Olmos, M.E. 1
  3. Laguna, A. 2
  4. López-De-Luzuriaga, J.M. 1
  5. Naumov, P. 3
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea
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    Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/002smyt64

  3. 3 Osaka University
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    Osaka University

    Osaka, Japón

    ROR https://ror.org/035t8zc32

Revista:
Journal of the American Chemical Society

ISSN: 0002-7863

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 133

Número: 41

Páginas: 16358-16361

Tipo: Artículo

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DOI: 10.1021/JA206845S SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-80054731161 WoS: WOS:000295997500011 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Resumen

Aiming at the development of new architectures within the context of the quest for strongly luminescent materials with tunable emission, we utilized the propensity of the robust bimetallic clusters [Au2Ag 2(RI/RII)4] (RI = 4-C6F4I, RII = 2-C6F 4I)for self-assembly through aurophilic interactions. With a de novo approach that combines the coordination and halogen-bonding potential of aromatic heteroperhalogenated ligands, we have generated a family of remarkably luminescent bimetallic materials that provide grounds to address the relevance, relative effects, and synergistic action of the two interactions in the underlying photophysics. By polymerizing the green-emitting (λ maxem = 540 nm) monomer [Au2Ag2R II 4(tfa)2]2- (tfa = trifluoroacetate) to a red-emitting (λmaxem = 660 nm) polymer [Au2Ag2RII 4(MeCN)2] n, we demonstrate herein that the degree of cluster association in these materials can be effectively and reversibly switched simply by applying mechanochemical and/or vapochemical stimuli in the solid state as well as by solvatochemistry in solution, the reactions being coincident with a dramatic switching of the intense, readily perceptible photoluminescence. We demonstrate that the key event in the related equilibrium is the evolution of a metastable yellow emitter (λmaxem = 580 nm) for which the structure determination in the case of the ligand RII revealed a dimeric nonsolvated topology [Au2Ag2RII 4]2. Taken together, these results reveal a two-stage scenario for the aurophilic-driven self-assembly of the bimetallic clusters [Au2Ag2(RI/RII)4]: (1) initial association of the green-emitting monomers to form metastable yellow-emitting dimers and desolvation followed by (2) resolvation of the dimers and their self-assembly to form a red-emitting linear architecture with delocalized frontier orbitals and a reduced energy gap. The green emission from [Au2Ag2RII 4(tfa)2] 2- (λmaxem = 540 nm) exceeds the highest energy observed for [Au2Ag2]-based structures to date, thereby expanding the spectral slice for emission from related structures beyond 140 nm, from the green region to the deep-red region. © 2011 American Chemical Society.