Patent Application: US-35550406-A

Abstract:
osmium - based oxygen sensor , pressure - sensitive paint that includes the osmium - based oxygen sensor , and method for measuring the pressure of an oxygen - containing fluid on a surface using the pressure - sensitive paint .

Description:
pressure sensitive paints ( psp ) have proved to be revolutionary in the design of aircraft , cars , trucks , and other vehicles . the present invention provides highly phosphorescent divalent osmium complexes incorporated into psp . the divalent osmium complexes were of the form [ os ( n — n ) 2 l - l ]( pf 6 − ) 2 where n — n was a derivative of 1 , 10 - phenanthroline , and l - l was either cis - 1 , 2 - bis ( diphenylphosphino ) ethene or cis - 1 , 2 - vinylenebis ( diphenylarsine ). x - ray structures were determined for three complexes and for the free cis - 1 , 2 - vinylenebis ( diphenylarsine ) ( dpaene ). it was observed that the p — c bond lengths , and c — p — c bond angles do not change significantly when complexed to osmium . it was observed the as — c bond lengths shorten by 2 . 3 pm and the c — as — c bond angles broaden by 5 . 6 degrees when complexed to osmium . these changes in the arsine structure may indicate a different method of backbonding between arsenic and osmium . the complexes were dissolved into poly ( 2 -[ ethyl [( heptadecafluorooctyl ) sulfonyl ] amino ] ethylmethacrylate ) ( fab ) at a concentration of 1 mg complex to 1000 mg of polymer . the luminescence of the paints was tested for pressure sensitivity , temperature dependence , and photo - degradation . the paints featured strong pressure response , and luminescence intensity changed by up to a factor of two . the temperature dependence of the luminescence was measured as low as − 0 . 17 % ° c . − 1 . the complexes exhibited almost non - existent photo - degradation . these attributes make these complexes very desirable luminescent dyes for psp . pressure sensing paint ( psp ) consists of a luminescent dye whose emissive properties vary as a function of pressure dissolved in polymer host material . these two components may be applied by either spray or brush when dissolved into a suitable solvent . quenching of the dye by oxygen leads to changes in intensity that may be correlated to changes in pressure . this technology has revolutionized the way that aircraft are developed . since its initial conception , psp has also begun to show tremendous utility in non - aerodynamic fields such as medicine , beer manufacturing , and anywhere else that either the pressure or the oxygen concentration needs to be known . the need for more efficient method for pressure measurement in the development of vehicles was the main source of support for the development of psp . this is due to the fact that the pressure contours around a moving vehicle determines how efficiently that vehicle operates . for example , the distribution of the lift ( changes in pressure ) on an airfoil is crucial in wing design , and psp allows this to be mapped ( fig1 ). in the future psp may be used for drag studies , allowing manufactures to increase efficiency before full - scale production of the actual vehicle . this allows for less fuel to be burned while increasing payloads . examples of vehicles whose development was aided by psp include the boeing 777 and next generation 737 &# 39 ; s , and various cars and trucks such as those made by ford . despite the successful use of psp , there are still issues that need to be addressed before quantitative measurements may be made with psp . ideally , psp should only exhibit changes in luminescence intensity as a function of pressure or oxygen concentration . however , there are other processes that may lead to changes in luminescence intensity other than pressure . these are called temperature dependence and photo - degradation of the psp , and they lead to errors in the pressure measurement . the temperature dependence is the change ( usually loss ) of emission with increasing temperature . photo - degradation may be described as the chemical decomposition of the dye when exposed to light . because phosphorescent materials generally possess longer lived excited states , more oxygen quenching takes place and leads to greater pressure sensitivity . several phosphorescent materials have been used for psp , these include the porphyrin complexes of palladium and platinum , and other complexes utilizing ir , or ru . heavy metals are typically used as the luminophores since the large spin - orbit coupling constants afford a break down in the spin selection rules and allows for rapid intersystem crossing to the triplet state . phosphorescent dyes have been dissolved into a variety of host materials . for example poly ( dimethylsiloxane ) rtv &# 39 ; s , trimethylsilyl propyne , fluoroacrylic polymers , or making the dye part of the polymer itself have all been used in psp . in the present invention , fluoroacrylic polymers were used as the host material . there are several excited states for metal complexes . the excited states are the ligand - centered state , metal centered state , and the charge transfer state . the ligand - centered ( lc ) state may be defined as transitions such as π - π * that take place on the ligand . for a complex with an octahedral coordination sphere such as the ones being presented in this discussion , the metal centered ( mc ) state may be defined as a transition between filled d xy , d xz , d yz ( dπ ) and the empty d z 2 , d x 2 - y 2 ( dσ *). charge transfer states may be defined as a transfer of charge from either a filled metal orbital to an empty orbital on the ligand , or from filled ligand orbitals to empty orbitals on the metal . for the complexes being discussed in this report , the charge transfer bands may be called metal to ligand charge transfer ( mlct ) and defined by a transition between filled dπ orbitals and empty π * orbitals on the ligand ( dπ os → π * phen ). of these states , the mlct and the lc states may be luminescent ; however , the mc state is usually not luminescent . thus , it may be desirable to increase the energy of mc state as much as possible as to reduce the probability of the state becoming populated . furthermore , increasing the energy separation of the mc state from the lower energy lc and / or mlct emitting states may reduce temperature dependence and photo - degradation of the complexes . the energies of lc , mc , and mlct states may be varied by changing the either metal , the type of ligands used , or both . thus , to successfully design phosphorescent dyes for psp , and understanding of the bonding between metal and ligands in complexes is needed . the bonding in arsine ( phosphine , antimony ) ligand containing metal complexes may be thought of as having two major components . there is σ donation of the lone pair contained in the s orbital on the arsenic ( phosphorus , antimony ) ligand to an empty d orbital on the metal ( fig2 ). for complexes in octahedral coordination , as is the case for the osmium complexes being discussed in this report , the donation of the ligand lone pair is to the d z 2 and the d x 2 - y 2 . the other component is called backbonding . this occurs by backdonation from a filled d orbital on the metal ( d xy , d xz , d yz ) to an empty orbital on the phosphorus . the question arises as to which orbital on the arsenic is responsible for accepting the back donation from the metal since there are no apparent orbitals to accept charge . this accepting orbital has been described as being either a d - orbital or an antibonding σ orbital ; current consensus is that the latter is more appropriate . some crystallographic reports have shown that the bond lengths between phosphorus / arsenic and the r groups attached to it lengthen , which supports the notion that a σ * is responsible for backbonding with the metal . it has been generally accepted that the phosphine / arsine ligands backbond strongly when based upon strongly electron withdrawing groups such as fluorine . with the asf 3 ligand it has been shown that bond lengths increase 4 pm ( due to σ * backbonding ) while bond angles remain unchanged at 95 °. ligands with more electron donating groups such as methyl tend to be stronger sigma donors and backbond more weakly . data suggests that σ * backbonding is not taking place and the complexes being presented may be an example of metal d - ligand d backbonding . the concepts of metal and ligand chemistry are used to develop improved psp utilizing divalent osmium complexes ( fig3 ). the psp exhibit reduced photo - degradation and temperature dependence , while maintaining pressure sensitivity similar to that of ruthenium complexes . structure of cis - 1 , 2 - bis ( diphenylphosphino ) ethene ( dppene ) and cis - 1 , 2 - vinylenebis ( dipheylarsine ) ( dpaene ). the structure of dppene has been previously reported : the c — p bond length was 181 . 5 pm to the bridge , and 182 . 9 and 183 . 9 pm to the phenyl groups . the average p — c bond length for dppene was found to be 183 . 1 ( 6 ). the average c — p — c bond angle was found to be 102 . 0 ( 5 ) degrees . a structure of dpaene was obtained from crystals that were grown from 1 - butanol . the structure had significant disorder , which greatly increased the standard deviation of the bond lengths and angles . this made meaningful comparisons between the dpaene structure and the metal complexes derived from dpaene difficult . crystals of dpaene without disorder were obtained from a dilute heptane solution giving a lower standard deviation than previously reported ( fig4 ). the crystallographic refinement parameters are tabulated in table 1 . bond angles and lengths are tabulated in tables 2 - 3 . the non - disordered structure closely agrees with the major ( 88 . 9 %) structure of the previous report ; thus , the structure grown from heptane was averaged with the major structure grown from butanol . the average as — c bond length was 196 . 3 ( 11 ) pm . this result is slightly shorter the expected bond length of 198 pm based upon the covalent radii of arsenic ( 121 pm ) and carbon ( 77 pm ). the average c — as — c bond angle was observed to be 97 . 3 ( 12 ) degrees , considerably more acute than that of a tetrahedral structure where the ideal bond angle would be 109 . 5 degrees . it has been previously reported that a reluctance exists for arsenic to hybridize , forming bonds with orthogonal p orbitals . the “ lone pair ” does not reside in an orbital of “ sp ” character , rather an orbital that is of more s character . structure of dppene and dpaene containing complexes . x - ray structures for complexes 2 and 6 are illustrated in fig5 and 6 . the crystallographic refinement parameters are tabulated in table 1 . the result closely resembles the previous results . the average os — p bonds length was 229 . 3 ( 8 ) pm , which was ˜ 13 pm shorter than what would be expected for a single bond based upon the covalent radii of osmium ( 133 pm ) and phosphorous ( 110 pm ). the average p — c bond of the complexed dppene ligand was 182 . 8 ( 15 ) pm . the c — p — c bond angles for the complex were 102 . 8 ( 14 ) degrees . x - ray structures are given for complexes 1 , 3 , and 5 are illustrated in fig7 - 9 . the crystallographic refinement parameters are tabulated in table 1 . for the complexes the average c — as — c bond angle was observed to be 102 . 9 ( 14 ) degrees ( table 2 ). the average lengths ( table 3 ) of the os — n , os — as , and as — c bonds were measured to be 208 . 8 ( 27 ) pm , 240 . 9 ( 6 ), and 194 . 0 ( 9 ) pm . the as — os bonds were ˜ 13 pm shorter than what would be expected for a single bond based upon the covalent radii of the atoms : arsenic ( 121 pm ), osmium ( 133 pm ). nature of bonding of dppene and dpaene complexed to osmium . the behavior of dppene and dpaene when complexed to osmium were observed to be different from each other . dppene when complexed to osmium was observed to undergo very little , if any , structural change . for the dppene system , both the c — p bond lengths and c — p — c bond angles were well within standard deviation of the free ligand . however , dpaene was observed to undergo significant structural change when complexed to osmium . the difference in behavior between dppene and dpaene may be explained by the σ and π contributions of the ligand - os bonds . os - ligand π bonds through the π system of the bridging unit may be possible . for each of the complexes the c ═ c bond length was measured to be : complex 1 complex 3 [ 129 . 3 ( 12 ) pm ], complex 5 [ 130 . 8 ( 9 ) pm ], dmb [ 132 . 7 ( 10 ) pm ], and dpb [ 129 . 6 ( 11 ) pm ], all of which were normal for a c ═ c bond , and similar to the c ═ c bond in the free dpaene structure , which was measured to be 133 ( 1 ) pm . this is evidence for little participation , if any , of the c ═ c bond in the complexation to osmium , and very little strain being placed upon this bond by complexing the dpaene ligand to the metal . the 71 system of the phenyls may also participate in receiving electron density from the filled d orbital of the metal , but due to the distance between the phenyl groups and osmium ( 365 - 596 pm ), and the lack of proper orientation of the phenyl groups towards the metal , this possibility is remote . the contributions of σ and π components to metal - phosphorus bonds of pr 3 complexes by measurement of the p — r bond lengths and r — p — r bond angles has been reported . the basis for this was that the π - accepting ability of the phosphorus was a function of the mixing of p — r σ * and the 3d orbitals . increasing back donation from the metal to the phosphors leads to longer p — r distances and smaller r — p — r angles , whereas the opposite was true for increasing a contribution . for the os - dppene complexes the two effects cancel ; thus , it is observed that the c — p bond lengths and the c — p — c bond angles remain unchanged form those of the free ligand . the 99 % confidence interval for the 30 as — c bond lengths of the complexes was 193 . 6 pm to 194 . 4 pm , and of the 30 c — as — c bond angles 101 . 7 to 104 . 0 degrees . the 99 % confidence level for the 12 bond length of the dpaene ligand was 195 . 5 pm to 197 . 2 pm , and of the 12 bond angles 96 . 5 to 98 . 1 degrees . thus , to 99 % confidence , it may be stated that the as — c bond lengths shorten , and the c — as — c bond angles broaden when the ligand is complexed to osmium . in the same logic with the phosphine complexes , this could be taken as evidence for an increased σ component in the σ / π ratio for the os — as bond , but this is not in accordance , with the observed data . both the p — os and the as — os bonds exhibit a similar 13 pm shortening in the bond than would be expected ; thus , both dppene and dpaene show similar backbonding . significant mixing of the as 4d - orbitals into the as — c σ * overlapping with the filled os 5d - orbitals explain the observed shortening of the as — c bond length and increase c — as — c in the bond angle when complexed to osmium . similar trends of decreasing c - m bonds and increases in c - m - c bond angles were observed in triphenyl antimony ligands when complexed to platinum . the increase in bond angles in conjunction with a decrease in the sigma bonds was evidence for sb 5d - pt 5d orbital overlap leading to backbonding . thus , the dpaene - osmium complexes being reported may be an example of as 4d - os 5d backbonding analogous to what was observed for complexes based upon triphenyl antimony . spectral properties . the absorbance , emission lifetime , and other spectral properties are tabulated in table 4 , and illustrated in fig1 - 11 . the orbital transition that defines the mc state ( dπ - dσ *) are of orbitals of like symmetry and thus are laporte forbidden . this transition may be very weak , with ε usually less than 100 l mol − 1 cm − 1 , and thus is “ buried ” under the much stronger lc and mlct transitions . the lc transition for the complexes was observed as a sharp peak between 260 and 280 nm . the extinction coefficients were measured to be between 51 , 000 - 71 , 000 l mol − 1 cm − 1 . two mlct bands were observed for these complexes . the stronger of the two corresponds to the singlet transition and appears as a somewhat broad transition with a maximum just below 400 nm . the triplet mlct absorption band appears at 500 nm and arises due to the spin - orbit coupling constant of the heavy osmium center and the strong back bonding metal - ligand orbital intermixing . the singlet mlct band for the complexes was observed between 364 - 391 nm ( ε = 12 , 000 - 50 , 000 l mol − 1 cm − 1 ) and the triplet band was observed between 441 - 500 nm ( ε = 2 , 400 - 9 , 000 l mol − 1 cm − 1 ). the complexes feature a smooth , unstructured exponential gaussian emission typical of mlct . the emission lifetime was measured to range between 1 , 500 - 3 , 400 ns . fig1 illustrates the decay of the luminescent state for complexes 1 and 5 . it was observed that tetra - methyl substitution on the phenanthroline structure nearly doubles the emission lifetime . phenyl substitution in the 4 and 7 positions on the phenanthroline structure has been reported to greatly increase the emission lifetime of ruthenium complexes based upon such ligands . however , for the osmium complexes , the lifetime of the phenyl - substituted complexes ( complexes 3 and 4 ) remains unchanged from that of the unsubstituted phenanthroline complexes ( complexes 1 and 2 ), so the effect was only observed for the tetra - substituted phenanthroline . the arsine complexes , 1 , 3 , and 5 , had consistently shorter emission lifetimes than their phosphine counterparts by 300 - 500 ns . this observation may be due to the fact that arsenic is heavier than phosphorus , which leads to larger spin - orbit coupling . this would have the effect of increasing the rate of intersystem crossing , which would lead to faster transition rates including phosphorescence . emission of the complexes was measured to between 588 - 629 nm . the emission quantum yields of the complexes were found to range between 0 . 17 - 0 . 26 . it was found that substitution on the phenanthroline structure had the effect of increasing quantum yields . this may be due to the decease in c — h bond vibration on the phenanthroline structure . generally , the complexes with arsine ligands had slightly stronger quantum yields than their phosphine counterparts . since the arsine complexes have slightly faster lifetimes , it may be that the radiative rate has become more competitive with the non - radiative rate ; thus , an increase in emission quantum yields was observed for the arsine complexes . pressure sensing paints . the osmium complexes have been incorporated into psp and have been tested for pressure sensitivity , temperature dependence , and photo - degradation . these results were compared to ruthenium tris ( 4 , 7 - diphenyl - 1 , 10 - phenanthroline )( pf 6 ) 2 ( rubth ) psp , a phosphorescent dye often used in psp formulations . a new polymer , fab was created to offer some of the features of another polymer reported in the literature called fib , while being a solvent to many phosphorescent dyes that are salts . the ruthenium dye was soluble in the fab polymer without any additives that could interfere with the stability of the dye . the pf 6 − ion was used in this formulation , as this counter ion is much less of a nucleophile than chloride . in the fab polymer the rubth dye gave a dynamic range of 55 % ( fig1 ), but the dye had an inherent temperature dependence of nearly 1 . 4 % ° c . − 1 ( fig1 ), and photo - degraded nearly 6 % over 90 minutes under 700 μw cm − 2 at 400 nm ( fwhm , 20 nm ) illumination ( fig1 ). six divalent osmium complexes were tested as psp dyes , and all were used as the pf 6 − salt and dissolved in the fab polymer ( table 5 , fig1 - 15 ). the emission lifetimes are reported in table 2 . while complexes 1 and 2 differed in lifetime by 300 nanoseconds , they both gave dynamic range of 19 %. these two complexes were based upon the 1 , 10 - phenanthroline ligand . complexes 3 and 4 based upon 4 , 7 - bis ( p - methoxyphenyl )- 1 , 10 - phenanthroline both gave similar dynamic ranges of 22 % and 25 %. and the 3 , 4 , 7 , 8 - tetramethyl - 1 , 10 - phenanthroline complexes ( 5 and 6 ) each gave 50 % dynamic range . in fact , these two molecules gave the same dynamic range despite the 600 ns difference in lifetime between them . in addition both gave nearly the same dynamic range as rubth even though the ruthenium complex has a much longer lifetime (˜ 6 μs ). these observations would not have been expected based upon the emission lifetime . this may be due to the area of each molecule . this is evident from the crystal structures . the unit cell lengths ( table 1 ) of complex 3 range 10 - 20 % larger than that of complex 1 . complexes 3 and 4 have greater area for oxygen to collide with due to the presence of phenyl groups as compared to complexes 1 and 2 . this leads to a 15 % increase in dynamic range for complexes 3 and 4 . the arsine - ligand based complexes have shorter lifetimes than their phosphine counterparts . despite this , within each grouping , the arsine gives the same dynamic range as shown by the comparisons of 1 vs . 2 , 3 vs . 4 , and 5 vs . 6 . thus , the quenching constant of the osmium complexes with dpaene was observed to be greater than that of the osmium complexes with dppene . this may be due to the fact that dpaene increases the cross sectional area . this is evident from the crystallography . the os — as bond was 11 pm longer than the os — p bond , and the as — c bonds were 10 pm longer than the p — c bonds . this is evident in the volumes of the crystal lattice where complex 1 is slightly larger than complex 2 , and complex 5 is slightly larger than complex 6 . the result of this would be a slightly larger cross section for the complexes based upon dpaene , leading to a larger quenching constant . the temperature dependence of the osmium complexes ( table 5 ) was much reduced from that of rubth . while rubth gave a temperature dependence of − 1 . 4 % ° c . − 1 , the maximum observed for an osmium complex was − 0 . 8 % ° c . − 1 , or nearly half . with phosphine ligands , the temperature dependence of complexes 2 , 4 , and 6 was found to range from 0 . 4 % to 0 . 8 % ° c . − 1 . with arsine ligands , the temperature dependence of complexes 1 , 3 , and 5 was found to range from 0 . 2 % to 0 . 3 % ° c . − 1 . of the osmium dyes with the greatest pressure sensitivity , complex 5 gave a temperature dependence of − 0 . 2 % ° c . − 1 while complex 6 was over − 0 . 8 % ° c . − 1 . either complex 5 or 6 would have less pressure measurement error due to variations in temperature than rubth , but complex 5 would be much more improved due to the lower temperature dependence . every osmium complex exhibited reduced rates of photo - degradation as compared to rubth . rubth was observed to photo - degrade nearly 6 % over 90 minutes where as the osmium complexes exhibited very little or no degradation under the same conditions . it has been reported that a major photo - degradation pathways for ruthenium complexes are the attack of water and singlet oxygen on the polypyridyl structure . complexes 5 and 6 were observed to exhibit oxygen quenching nearly equivalent to rubth ; thus , the singlet oxygen being produced by complexes 5 and 6 would be similar to rubth . yet , in the presence of similar amounts of singlet oxygen the osmium complexes degraded less than rubth . this could have either two consequences : the metal used in the complex has an effect on the rate of oxygen addition to the polypyridyl structure ( osmium slows the rate vs . ruthenium ), or that the primary method of photo - degradation is the breaking of metal - ligand bonds . the relative energies of the excited states may explain why it was found that osmium complexes degrade at a slow rate while it ruthenium complexes degrade at a faster rate , and that less temperature dependence was observed for the osmium complexes . these excited states are the mlct , the mc , and the lc . each of these states , and their relation to each other in energy , has consequences on the stability and performance of psp . the mc state may be described as an antibonding state to the metal - ligand a bonds . thus , when the mc state is populated , the metal - ligand bonds lengthen . from this state the complex may non - radiatively decay back to the ground state , or chemically decompose . fig1 illustrates the effect of the mc state on complex properties . when the energy separation between the mc state and the emitting state is low , the mc state may be thermally populated , and the population of the mc may increase as the temperature increases ; hence , temperature dependence . by changing the metal to osmium and the use of stronger field dpaene and dppene ligands , the mc state was increased in energy . furthermore , the energy separation between the emitting mlct state and the mc state was increased . the effect of this would be to decrease the population of the mc state , which would decrease the rate of photo - degradation . by increasing the energy separation between the emitting mlct state and the mc state , thermal population of the mc state was lessened ; thus , decreased temperature dependence was observed . comparing complexes 1 , 3 , and 5 with 2 , 4 , and 6 , minor differences in photo - degradation were observed . usually the dpaene complexes exhibited slightly less photo - degradation than the dppene complexes , which may be a function of the increase in the d participation in the bonding between dpaene and osmium . as the population of a σ * orbital , under the intense excitation illumination , may lead to cleavage of σ bonds , reduction in the population of the σ * may explain the reduction in photo - degradation of the dpaene complexes . the difference in temperature dependence between the dpaene complexes was significant also . this may be due to increased crystal field splitting of the complexes formed with the dpaene ligand . the crystal field splitting is a function of the metal and both the σ and backbonding of the ligand to the metal . larger crystal field splitting would lead to increased energy separation of the mc state from the emitting states . the increased energy separation would require an increase in thermal energy for population of the mc state ; hence , leading to a reduction in temperature dependence . osmium complexes of the form [ os ( phenanthroline ) 2 l - l ]( pf 6 ) 2 where l - l is either dpaene or dppene have been synthesized and incorporated into psp with a fluoroacrylic polymer . the results showed that osmium complexes reduce both the temperature dependence and photo - degradation of psp . complexes made with the 3 , 4 , 7 , 8 - tetramethyl - 1 , 10 - phenanthroline ligand exhibited a longer emission lifetime and more oxygen quenching than complexes based upon other derivatives of 1 , 10 - phenanthroline . complexes based upon the dpaene ligand were observed to have lowest temperature dependence and photo - degradation . x - ray structures were determined for six osmium structures as well as for the cis - 1 , 2 - vinylenebis ( diphenylarsine ) ligand . it was found that the dppene ligand did not under go structural change when complexed to osmium . it was found that the dpaene ligand did undergo structural change when complexed to osmium . the as — c bond lengths were observed to shorten by 2 . 3 pm and the c — as — c bond angles broadened by 5 . 6 degrees . it was determined that backbonding involving the as — c σ * was not consistent with structural data . the structural data may be evidence for increased participation of the as 4d in forming the backbond . the increased d participation may have lead to a reduction in photo - degradation and temperature dependence of the psp utilizing complexes made with the dpaene ligand . in another aspect of the invention , osmium complexes having the chemical structures illustrated in fig1 , 23 , and 28 are provided . the absorbance and emission properties of these complexes are shown in fig2 and 22 , 26 and 27 , and 32 and 33 , respectively . psps of these complexes were prepared . all paints were prepared using the ratio of 1 mg of complex to 1000 mg of fluoroacrylate ( fab ) polymer . the paints were made combining 1 mg of complex and 1000 mg of polymer and then adding 2 ml of acetone . after the complex was dissolved , 18 ml of α , α , α - trifluorotolune was added and the polymer fully dissolved . the paints were sprayed onto 1 inch square aluminum plates and were allowed to dry for 3 days before testing . stem - volmer plots of these complexes in fab are shown in fig1 , 24 , and 29 , respectively . the temperature dependence of emission for the complexes in fab are shown in fig1 , 25 , and 30 , respectively . the degradation of emission for the complexes illustrated in fig1 and 28 in fab are shown in fig2 and 31 , respectively . stem - volmer plots and the temperature dependence of emission for osmium ( 3 , 4 , 7 , 8 - tetramethyl - 1 , 10 - phenanthroline ) 2 1 , 2 - phenylenebis ( dimethylarsine ) heptafluorobutyrate in fib are shown in fig3 and 35 , respectively . general procedure for synthesis of osmium complexes . the osmium complexes were synthesized by reacting 1 . 000 g ( 2 . 08 mmol ) of ( nh 4 ) 2 oscl 6 ( alfa ) with 2 . 05 equivalents of polypyridyl ( n — n ) ligand in 25 ml of refluxing dmf ( aldrich ) under inert atmosphere for 3 hours . the resulting solution was filtered , washed with dmf , cooled to 0 ° c ., and then added dropwise to a water solution of sodium dithionite ( 2 . 00 g in 400 ml ) at 0 ° c . the resulting purple precipitate of os ( n — n ) 2 cl 2 was filtered and washed with deionized water . os ( n — n ) 2 cl 2 was reacted with 1 . 05 eq . of cis - 1 , 2vinylenebis ( dipheylarsine ) ( dpaene , x - ray structure illustrated as fig4 ) or cis - 1 , 2 - vinylenebis ( diphenylphosphine ) ( dppene ) ligand in a refluxing mixture of 2 , 2 ′- ethoxyethoxyethaonol ( aldrich ) and glycerol ( 75 : 25 by volume ) for 2 hours under inert atmosphere . the complexes were precipitated by dropwise addition to a saturated water solution of kpf 6 , filtered , and washed with water . complexes were then purified on silica using either toluene / acetonitrile or acetonitrile / water / kpf 6 solvent systems . the structures of the resulting complexes are shown in fig3 , and the crystal structures of complexes 2 and 6 are illustrated in fig5 and 6 , and complexes 1 , 3 , 5 are illustrated in fig7 - 9 . elemental analysis : complex 1 : calculated : c , 45 . 33 ; h , 2 . 89 ; n , 4 . 23 . found : c , 45 . 50 ; h , 2 . 79 ; n , 4 . 33 . yield : 72 %. complex 2 : calculated : c , 48 . 55 ; h , 3 . 10 ; n , 4 . 53 . found : c , 48 . 15 ; h , 2 . 99 ; n , 4 . 58 . yield : 68 %. complex 3 : calculated : c , 53 . 55 ; h , 3 . 57 ; n , 3 . 20 . found : c , 53 . 50 ; h , 3 . 60 ; n , 3 . 20 . yield : 89 %. complex 4 : calculated : c , 56 . 39 ; h , 3 . 76 ; n , 3 . 37 . found : c , 56 . 47 ; h , 3 . 61 ; n , 3 . 46 . yield : 92 %. complex 5 : calculated : c , 48 . 47 ; h , 3 . 79 ; n , 3 . 90 . found : c , 48 . 53 ; h , 3 . 75 ; n , 3 . 95 . yield : 54 %. complex 6 : calculated : c , 51 . 63 ; h , 4 . 03 ; n , 4 . 15 . found : c , 51 . 39 ; h , 4 . 00 ; n , 4 . 11 . yield : 46 %. polymerization of poly ( 2 -[ ethyl [( heptadecafluorooctyl )- sulfonyl ] amino ]- ethylmethacrylate ) ( fab ). ( 2 -[ ethyl [( heptadecafluorooctyl )- sulfonyl ] amino ]- ethylmethacrylate ) ( 50 g ) was purchased from aldrich and used without further purification . the compound was added to a flask with 150 ml of α , α , α - trifluorotoluene and 1 . 0 g of lauroyl peroxide ( aldrich ). the system was purged with argon and then heated to 75 ° c . for 48 hours . the raw polymer liquor was precipitated in a 60 / 40 mixture of hexanes / methylene chloride at 0 ° c . the compound was then dissolved in α , α , α - trifluorotoluene , and then precipitated in a 60 / 40 mixture of hexanes / methylene chloride at 0 ° c . the resulting fab powder was filtered and allowed to air dry , and dried under vacuum at 40 ° c . x - ray diffraction . crystals of dpaene were grown from heptane at room temperature . crystals of osmium complexes were grown by dissolving the complex in methylene chloride and layering diethyl ether on top , or by 1 : 3 mixtures of acetonitire : toluene . the crystals were mounted in a random orientation on a glass fiber on a kappa ccd diffractometer using mo kα ( λ = 0 . 71073 å ) radiation . measurements were performed at 130 +/− 2 k . cell constants and an orientation matrix for data collections were obtained by least squares refinements of the diffraction data from up to 141 , 517 full and partial reflections . the structures were solved by direct methods using sir97 and dirdiff , provided by the refinement package maxus . missing atoms were found by difference - fourier synthesis . the non - hydrogen atoms were refined with anisotropic temperature factors . scattering factors are from waasmaier and kirfel . the structures were refined with shelxl - 97 and ortep plots were generated with ortep32 . table 1 summarizes the crystal data , collection information , and refinement data for these structures . quantum yield measurements : photoluminescence ( pl ) quantum yields to +/− 10 % of the os complexes ( φ os ) in ethanol solutions were obtained using ru ( ii ) tris ( 4 , 7 - diphenyl - 1 , 10 - phenanthroline ) dichloride as the standard , which has a known quantum yield of 0 . 366 , using the following equation : φ os = abs ⁢ ⁢ ru area ⁢ ⁢ ru × area ⁢ ⁢ os abs ⁢ ⁢ os × 0 . 366 ( 1 ) samples were excited through the lc state at 280 nm with absorption of 0 . 150 . temperature for the measurements was 25 ° c .+/− 2 ° c . preparation of psp . osmium complex ( 1 . 0 mg ) was added to a 25 ml vial and 2 . 0 ml of acetone was added and dissolved the complex . to this was added 1 . 0 g of fab and 20 ml of α , α , α - 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