Research focus

Cyclometallated Ni, Pd and Pt complexes with heavy ancillary ligands for enhanced triplet luminescence

Highly fluorinated aryl and alkyl complexes of Ni, Pd and Pt

Methods
Quantum chemical calculations
Single crystal XRD
UV/Vis spectroscopy and spectroelectrochemistry
Cyclic voltammetry
NMR spectroscopy

Funding

PhD scholarship from Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.

Publications

Rhenium Tricarbonyl Complexes of Azodicarboxylate Ligands. Jordan, R.; Niazi, M.; Schäfer, S.; Kaim, W.; Klein, A. Molecules 2022, 27, 8159. DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238159

Triplet Emitting C^N^C Cyclometalated Dibenzo[c,h]Acridine Pt(II) Complexes. Friedel, J. N.; Krause, M.; Jordan, R.; Maisuls, I.; Brünink, D.; Schwab, D.; Doltsinis, N. L.; Strassert, C. A.; Klein, A. Molecules 2022, 27(22), 8054. DOI: 10.3390/molecules27228054

Photoluminescence of Ni(II), Pd(II), and Pt(II) complexes [M(Me₂dpb)Cl] obtained from C‒H activation of 1,5-di(2-pyridyl)-2,4-dimethylbenzene (Me₂dpbH). Kletsch, L.; Jordan, R.; Köcher, A.; Buss S.; Strassert, C. A.; Klein, A. Molecules 2021, 26, 5051. DOI: 10.3390/molecules26165051

Ni, Pd, and Pt complexes of a tetradentate dianionic thiosemicarbazone-based O^N^N^S ligand. Haseloer, A.; Denkler, L. M.; Jordan, R.; Reimer, M.; Olthof, S.; Schmidt, I.; Meerholz, K.; Hörner, G.; Klein, A. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 4311-4322. DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00272D

Master Thesis (June 2022)

Luminescent Ni, Pd and Pt C^N^C complexes with heavy phosphine analogues