Low power upconversion using MLCT sensitizers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Aug 14:(30):3776-8. doi: 10.1039/b506575e. Epub 2005 Jul 4.

Abstract

Selective low energy excitation of the metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transition in [Ru(dmb)(3)](2+)(dmb = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) in the presence of anthracene or 9,10-diphenylanthracene yields easily visualized upconverted singlet fluorescence resulting from triplet-triplet annihilation at low excitation power.