Photophysics of transition metal complexes

This chapter deals with studies on the photophysical properties of selected metal complexes and their polynuclear supramolecular assemblies reported in literature in the period January 2011 to December 2012. The transition metal species considered here belong to families of complexes featuring largely studied optical properties. The complexes are from the following metal centres: d6 Ru(II), Os(II), Re(I), Ir(III) and Rh(III), d8 Pt(II) and Pd(II), d10 Cu(I) and Au(I), d3 Cr(III); finally some example is given of lanthanide (Ln) complexes or supramolecular arrays.©The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013.