Abstract

Transition metal complexes display a rich and varied photochemistry which has found broad application in such areas as solar energy conversion, electron transfer reactions, and lasers.^1-5 Although tris(2,2'-bipyridine)-ruthenium(II) dichloride $\left(\text{Ru}{\left(\text{bpy}\right)}_3^{\text{2+}}\right)$ has been extensively studied,^5-14 many details of its excited-state dynamics are as yet unresolved.

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