“…[Ru(dpp) 3 ] 2+ dyes display moderately intense absorption and a broad MLCT emission in the visible region with an unquenched lifetime τ o of ~ 6.4 µs and quantum yield φ of ~0.3 (Table 1) (Alford, et al, 1985). [Ru(dpp) 3 ] 2+ has been studied in various O 2 -sensitive matrices including sol-gel (MacCraith, et al, 1993;Xu, et al, 2001), organically modified silicate (ormosil) (Badocco, Mondin, & Pastore, 2012;Chen, et al, 2002;Klimant, et al, 1999;McDonagh, et al, 2001;Tang, et al, 2003), organic polymers such as polystyrene (PS) (Hartmann, Leiner, & Lippitsch, 1995;Klimant, et al, 1997), polysulfone (PSu) (Badocco & Pastore, 2008), ethyl cellulose (EC) (Draxler, et al, 1995), polydimethyl silloxane (PDMS) (Xu, et al, 1994). Ionic complexes such as [Ru(dpp) 3 ] 2+ suffer from poor solubility in hydrophobic polymers.…”