Photophysical Study of New Versatile Multichromophoric Diads and Triads with BODIPY and Polyphenylene Groups
The photophysical properties of multichromophoric dyes with borondipyrromethene (BODIPY) and poly-p-phenylene (di-p-phenylene and tri-p-phenylene) groups in the same molecule are studied in detail. The excitation of the polyphenylene moiety in the UV region leads to a strong visible fluorescent emis...
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Published in: | The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory, 2008-10, Vol.112 (43), p.10816-10822 |
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Summary: | The photophysical properties of multichromophoric dyes with borondipyrromethene (BODIPY) and poly-p-phenylene (di-p-phenylene and tri-p-phenylene) groups in the same molecule are studied in detail. The excitation of the polyphenylene moiety in the UV region leads to a strong visible fluorescent emission of the BODIPY chromophore, via intramolecular excitation energy transfer between both groups. Consequently, these multichromophoric dyes are characterized by a large “virtual” Stokes shift, with a high fluorescence capacity and an efficient laser emission. On the other hand, the photophysical properties of a related dichromophoric dye with a hydroxy end group at the di-p-phenylene moiety show an important decrease in the fluorescent emission due to a photoinduced electron transfer process in basic media. Therefore, its photophysical properties are sensitive to the environmental acidity/basicity and could be applied as a proton sensor. |
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ISSN: | 1089-5639 1520-5215 |
DOI: | 10.1021/jp8051592 |