Yolimar Gil, María José Maldonado, Ricardo Costa de Santana, Andrés Vega, Pablo Fuentealba and Daniel Aravena
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Abstract
A protocol to correct ab initio calculated luminescence spectra of NdIII complexes is proposed. The emission spectrum of [NdIII(bipy)(tta)3] was measured to calibrate the optimal correction for the Racah parameters on top of a CASSCF calculation to attain the best energetic placement of the 4F3/2 → 4I13/2−9/2 emission lines. As interelectronic repulsion is the most important source of error in this calculation, this straightforward correction results in an accurate placement of transitions, allowing the assignment of a complex spectral shape in terms of its underlying transitions. Finally, the correction derived for [NdIII(bipy)(tta)3] was directly applied to a different NdIII complex, demonstrating the broad use of this approach.
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