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Offline halfangstrom

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General ruthenium question
« on: May 12, 2013, 10:12:39 PM »
What's the deal with ruthenium in coordination chemistry? More specifically why do I keep seeing it appear all over the place? Is it really stable? What makes it so special?
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Re: General ruthenium question
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2013, 10:41:15 PM »
It forms a number of very luminescent complexes with polypyridines that have very unique photophysical properties, and thus has found a lot of utility in research related to light harvesting (solar cells), biosensig, and other applications where long-lifetime luminescence is required.
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Re: General ruthenium question
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 12:50:43 AM »
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for your answer!
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