Tuning Fluorescence Properties of 2,2’-Bipyridine Using Metal Cations

dc.contributor.advisorRedi, Mesfin (PhD)
dc.contributor.authorGuale, Aklilu
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-19T14:31:32Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-09T16:17:35Z
dc.date.available2018-06-19T14:31:32Z
dc.date.available2023-11-09T16:17:35Z
dc.date.issued2010-07
dc.description.abstractThe steady state absorption, fluorescence excitation and emission spectra of 2,2’-bipyridine have been studied in polar solvents. Absorption spectra are almost independent of solvent polarity. The dependence of fluorescence emission on excitation wavelength was observed in acetonitrile and p-dioxane but independent of excitation energy in tetrahydrofuran. Addition of metal ion and varying pH of the solution shifted the absorption band to the red-edge and intensity change was observed in fluorescence excitation spectra. Corresponding excitation bands of the metal free conformers were compared to the stable conformers of metal-chelated and protonated 2,2’-bipyridine. Study of the rotational profile of 2,2’-bipyridine at DFT/B3LYP/STO-3G level shows two energy minima corresponding to two conformations of different energy, cis/trans structures, with barrier to rotation greater than the room temperature thermal energy. It is shown that distributions of energetically different conformers of the molecule (cis/trans) in the ground state are responsible for the dual fluorescence behavior of the systems.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/1847
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAddis Ababa Universtyen_US
dc.subject2,2’-Bipyridineen_US
dc.titleTuning Fluorescence Properties of 2,2’-Bipyridine Using Metal Cationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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