R script for metacommunity model application

R script gathering useful functions for landscape construction, metacommunity model application and investigation of coexistence mechanisms

Thur_River_Species_List

List of all species present at the Thur Rvier restored floodplain

Thur_River_All_Taxa

Species distribution within the Thur River floodplain of all taxonomic group

Thur_River_Traits_Diplopods

Traits of Diplopod species present at the Thur Rive

Thur_River_Traits_Earthworms

Traits of Earthworm species present at the Thur Rive

Thur_River_Traits_Staphylinids

Traits of Staphylinid beetle species present at the Thur Rive

Thur_River_Traits_Spiders

Traits of Spider species present at the Thur Rive

Thur_River_Traits_Carabids

Traits of Carabid beetle species present at the Thur Rive

Thur_River_Traits_Plants

Traits of Vascular Plant species present at the Thur Rive

Shedding Light on the Photochemistry of Coinage-Metal Phosphorescent Materials: A Time-Resolved Laue Diffraction Study of an Ag^I–Cu^I Tetranuclear Complex

The triplet excited state of a new crystalline form of a tetranuclear coordination d¹⁰–d¹⁰-type complex, Ag₂Cu₂L₄ (L = 2-diphenylphosphino-3-methylindole ligand), containing Ag^I and Cu^I metal centers has been explored using the Laue pump–probe technique with ≈80 ps time resolution. The relatively short lifetime of 1 μs is accompanied by significant photoinduced structural changes, as large as the Ag1···Cu2 distance shortening by 0.59(3) Å. The results show a pronounced strengthening of the argentophilic interactions and formation of new Ag···Cu bonds on excitation. Theoretical calculations indicate that the structural changes are due to a ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) strengthening the Ag···Ag interaction, mainly occurring from the methylindole ligands to the silver metal centers. QM/MM optimizations of the ground and excited states of the complex support the experimental results. Comparison with isolated molecule optimizations demonstrates the restricting effect of the crystalline matrix on photoinduced distortions. The work represents the first time-resolved Laue diffraction study of a heteronuclear coordination complex and provides new information on the nature of photoresponse of coinage metal complexes, which have been the subject of extensive studies