Two-colors luminescence from a tetranuclear Ir(III)/Ru(II) complex

A new tetranuclear compound containing Ru(II) and Ir(III) polypyridine subunits exhibits two independent emissions at room temperature, as a consequence of weak interchromophoric coupling; in contrast, at 77 K energy transfer from Ir-based chromophores to the Ru-based ones is quantitative.