The s
pect
rosco
pic and
photo
physical
pro
pe
rties of zeolite-Y-ent
ra
pped [Ru(b
py)
3]
2+ co-do
ped with eithe
r[Fe(b
py)
3]
2+ o
r [Fe(t
py)
2]
2+ ove
r a
range of i
ron com
plex loadings a
re
presented. In solution, [Ru(b
py)
3]
2+unde
rgoes efficient bimolecula
r ene
rgy t
ransfe
r to [Fe(b
py)
3]
2+, whe
reas only
radiative o
r t
rivial ene
rgy t
ransfe
roccu
rs between [Ru(b
py)
3]
2+ and [Fe(t
py)
2]
2+. In sha
rp cont
rast, within zeolite Y, both [Fe(b
py)
3]
2+ and [Fe(t
py)
2]
2+ we
re found to effectively quench the dono
r emission. Fitting the Pe
rrin model to the
photo
physicaldata yields an effective quenching
radius of 32 and 27 &A
ring;,
res
pectively, fo
r [Fe(b
py)
3]
2+ and [Fe(t
py)
2]
2+. Thelong-
range natu
re of the quenching suggests F&
ouml;
rste
r ene
rgy t
ransfe
r. Detailed s
pect
rosco
pic investigationsindicate that [Fe(t
py)
2]
2+ bound within zeolite Y unde
rgoes significant disto
rtion f
rom octahed
ral geomet
ry.This disto
rtion
results in inc
reased oscillato
r st
rength and enhanced s
pect
ral ove
rla
p, between the [Ru(b
py)
3]
2+3d
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rs/
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r emission and the co-incident acce
pto
r 1T2-
1A1 ligand field abso
rption com
pa
red with solution.This tu
rns on an efficient ene
rgy t
ransfe
r to [Fe(t
py)
2]
2+ within the confinement of the zeolite Y su
pe
rcage.Ove
rall, this is an inte
resting exam
ple of the ability of the zeolite envi
ronment to
provoke new
photo
physical
processes not
possible in solution.