The direct i
ntercalatio
n reactio
n of ferroce
ne (bis(
5-cyclope
ntadie
nyl)iro
n(II), Fc) with a highly hydrated layeredzirco
nium phosphate (ZrP) resulted i
n the formatio
n of the ferroce
nium io
n (Fc
+) withi
n the ZrP material. TheFc
+-i
ntercalated ZrP material has a
n i
nterlayer dista
nce of 10.7 &Ari
ng;. The i
ntercalated material was used as a
n electro
nacceptor for the oxidatio
n of both ferro-cytochrome
c a
nd the excited state of tris(2,2'-bipyridi
ne)ruthe
nium(II) ([Ru(bpy)
3]
2+). Upo
n co
ntact of the material with a 1.5 × 10
-5 M solutio
n of ferro-cytochrome
c, the UV-vis absorptio
nspectrum shows the successful formatio
n of ferri-cytochrome
c. Lumi
nesce
nce spectroscopy shows that the Fc
+-i
ntercalated ZrP material que
nches the lumi
nesce
nce of [Ru(bpy)
3]
2+. The excited-state que
nchi
ng mecha
nism of[Ru(bpy)
3]
2+* by Fc
+-i
ntercalated ZrP follows a dy
namic plus sphere of actio
n model. The seco
nd-order dy
namicque
nchi
ng rate co
nsta
nt
kq is 2.2 × 10
8 M
-1 s
-1.