Homoleptic oligothienyl-substituted bis(terpyridine) Ir(III) and Ru(II) complexes: synthesis, photophysics, and anticancer and antimicrobial photodynamic therapeutic effects.
Four homoleptic bis(terpyridine) Ir(III) and Ru(II) complexes bearing oligothienyl substituents on both tpy ligands (M(nT-tpy)2, M = Ir, Ru; n = 3, 4) were synthesized and characterized to evaluate their photophysical properties, including UV-Vis absorption, emission, and transient absorption, and photodynamic therapeu...