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A new luminescent and thermally stable platinum(II) polyyne polymer trans-[–Pt(PBu₃)₂C≡CArC≡C–]_n (P1) containing the 2,7-fluorene chromophoric spacer substituted by pendant carbazolyl group via long alkyl bridges. The regiochemical structures of these compounds were studied by various spectroscopic analyses. We report the photophysical properties of this group 10 polymetallayne and a comparison was made to its binuclear model complex trans-[Pt(Ph)(PEt₃)₂C≡CArC≡CPt(Ph)(PEt₃)₂] (M1) as well as to those with non-carbazole-containing fluorene spacer (P2 and M2). Upon photoexcitation, each of P1 and M1 emits an intense purple-blue fluorescence emission in the near-UV to visible region in dilute fluid solutions at room temperature. Harvesting of organic triplet emissions harnessed through the strong heavy-atom effects of platinum metal was examined and at 77 K, each of the metalated compounds displayed dual emission bands, viz. both the fluorescence and the lower-lying phosphorescence. Spectroscopic results revealed that the formation of excimers was suppressed by introducing carbazole side groups. The spatial extent of the lowest singlet and triplet excitons in P1 and M1 was fully elucidated. Such organometallic poly(fluorenyleneethynylene)s anchored with the carbazole pendants was found to have an improved thermal stability and suppressed aggregation.

Some people think that carbon and sustainable development are not compatible. This textbook shows that carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air and bio-carbon from biomass are our best allies in the energy transition, towards greater sustainability. We pose the problem of the decarbonation (or decarbonization) of our economy by looking at ways to reduce our dependence on fossil carbon (coal, petroleum, natural gas, bitumen, carbonaceous shales, lignite, peat). The urgent goal is to curb the exponential increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and hydrosphere (Figures 1.1 and 1.2) that is directly related to our consumption of fossil carbon for our energy and materials The goal of the Paris agreement (United Nations COP 21, Dec. 12, 2015) of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees (compared to the pre-industrial era, before 1800) is becoming increasingly unattainable (Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), report of Aug. 6, 2021). On Aug. 9, 2021 Boris Johnson, prime minister of the United Kingdom, declared that coal needs to be consigned to history to limit global warming. CO₂ has an important social cost…

Today, fossil carbon provides us with fuels (energy), polymers (packaging, insulating and building materials, household utensils, glues, coatings, textiles, 3D-printing inks, furnitures, vehicle parts, toys, electronic and medical devices, etc.) and biologically active substances (drugs (Chapter 9), flavorings, fragrances, food additives, plant protection products, etc.). In this chapter we discover the modern materials of our civilization which are very often polymers derived from oil. They are referred to as “plastics” (annual world production: 380 × 10⁶ tons). Their production consumes 8% of the crude oil extracted (ca. 5 billion tons per year). An increasing part of the plastics originates from renewable resources (less than 10% today, see Section 11.10, bio-sourced plastics). Plastics make life easy for us, but at the underestimated cost of damage to our environment (Figure 8.1) and our health. They contaminate the hydrosphere and the agricultural soil. The atmosphere is also contaminated by microplastics…