Singlet oxygen is an emissive ligand.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada.

Published: August 2024

Unprecedented experimental evidence shows that gaseous singlet oxygen (O) acts as an emissive ligand following collisional photosensitization. This evidence was obtained by monitoring O phosphorescence intensity at ≈1275-1280 nm and the excited state lifetime of singlet oxygen generated by known tetraphenylporphyrin photosensitizers, while varying the atmospheric environment.

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