Direct observation by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of the bright and the dark excited states of the [Ru(phen)2(dppz)]2+ light-switch compound in solution and when bound to DNA
Poynton FE., Hall JP., Keane PM., Schwarz C., Sazanovich IV., Towrie M., Gunnlaugsson T., Cardin CJ., Cardin DJ., Quinn SJ., Long C., Kelly JM.
<p>Strikingly different TRIR spectra are recorded for the complex in D<sub>2</sub>O or CD<sub>3</sub>CN or when DNA-bound.</p>