“…2;4 T 1 radiationless deactivation [5,6] resulting in very efficient 2;4 T 1 state population (the quantum yield of intersystem crossing c % 0:90 [7]). Secondly, the spectrum, lifetime and quantum yield of the luminescence arising from the tripdoublet-quartet pair are highly temperature dependent [2,4,8,9]. This has been rationalized in terms of (i) temperature dependent relative populations of the 2 T 1 and 4 T 1 states, and (ii) a presence of the low-lying chargetransfer (CT) state, likely of a ring-to-metal (p, d) origin, that quenches the luminescence from the 2 T 1 and 4 T 1 states.…”