Singlet Energy Transfer (singlet + energy_transfer)

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Selected Abstracts


Close Proximity Dibenzo[a,c]phenazine,Fullerene Dyad: Synthesis and Photoinduced Singlet Energy Transfer

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 18 2010
Rajeev K. Dubey
Abstract A dibenzo[a,c]phenazine,fullerene (DBPZ-C60) dyad in which two chromophores are linked in close proximity to each other has been synthesized and studied in detail by optical spectroscopy to explore a new energy donor,acceptor system. The dyad was prepared by Prato reaction between 11-formyldibenzo[a,c]phenazine and fullerene. 3,5-Di- tert -butylbenzyl group was introduced onto the fulleropyrrolidine unit to achieve adequate solubility of the dyad. A thorough study of the photophysical properties of the dyad and relevant reference compounds, performed by means of steady state and time resolved spectroscopic measurements, has revealed the presence of highly efficient (ca. 98,%) and extremely fast (ken = 5,×,1011 s,1) intramolecular photoinduced singlet,singlet energy-transfer process from singlet excited state of the DBPZ moiety to fullerene. In both polar and nonpolar environment transduction of singlet excited state energy governs the excited state deactivation, but the efficiency and rate of energy transfer were found to be higher in nonpolar solvents in comparison to polar. The DBPZ singlet excited state decays within 2 and 4.7 ps in toluene andbenzonitrile, respectively, via singlet,singlet energy transfer to produce a fullerene singlet excited state which decays with a life time of 1.5 ns to give a very long-lived fullerene triplet state as final populated excited state. [source]


Synthesis and characterization of high thermally-stable and good soluble PVK-based polymers with perylene moiety

JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 3 2008
Jianli Hua
Abstract Three new poly(N -vinylcarbazole) (PVK)-based copolymers containing N -(n -butyl)- N -ethyl-1,6,7,12-tetra-(4- tert -butyl-phenoxy)-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic bisimides were successfully synthesized by partially formylated by the standard Vilsmeier reaction, and the formyl groups of high reactivity are condensed with cyanoacetylated perylene to afford PVK-based polymers. The copolymers containing different percentage of perylene were obtained through the percentage of cyanoacetylated perylene unit being controlled by the initial feed ratio. The structures and properties of three copolymers were characterized and evaluated by FT-IR, NMR, UV,vis, FL spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, and thermogravimetric analysis measurements. The polymers were highly soluble in conventional solvents such as toluene, CHCl3, THF, DMF etc., and they were thermally stable up to 442,445°C. Three copolymers have emission spectra with characteristic features of the perylene unit, and fluorescence quantum yields of polymers are higher than that of perylene bisimide, which may be caused by singlet,singlet energy transfer from PVK backbone to perylene in the polymers. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008 [source]


Upper electron-excited states in bioluminescence: experimental indication

LUMINESCENCE: THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL LUMINESCENCE, Issue 3 2001
N. S. Kudryasheva
Abstract The involvement of upper electron-excited states in bacterial bioluminescence process was studied with excitation energy-accepting molecules. The fluorescent aromatic compounds, anthracene and 1.4-bis(5-phenyloxazol-2-yl)benzene, were chosen. Energies of their lowest excited singlet states are higher than the energy of the analogous state of the bioluminescence emitter; their absorption spectra and bioluminescence do not overlap. Hence, the excitation of these molecules by singlet,singlet energy transfer or by light absorption is excluded. Sensitized fluorescence of these compounds in the bioluminescence systems has been recorded, indicating the activity of upper electron-excited states in the bioluminescent process. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Energy Transfer from Chemically Attached Rhodamine 101 to Adsorbed Methylene Blue on Microcrystalline Cellulose Particles,

PHOTOCHEMISTRY & PHOTOBIOLOGY, Issue 3 2007
Hernán B. Rodríguez
Rhodamine 101 (R101) was chemically attached onto microcrystalline cellulose and methylene blue (MB) was adsorbed to a sample bearing nearby 6 × 10,7 mol R101 (g cellulose),1. The system was studied by reflectance and emission spectroscopy in the solid state. R101 shows no aggregation in these conditions and, while pure MB builds up dimers on cellulose even at 2 × 10,8 mol g,1, in the presence of R101 no evidence on selfaggregation or heteroaggregation is found up to around 10,6 mol g,1. No exciplex formation is found as well. The overall fluorescence quantum yield measured on thick layers, once re-absorption effects are accounted for, amounts to 0.80 ± 0.07 for pure R101 and decreases steadily on increasing the concentration of MB. Results demonstrate the occurrence of radiative and nonradiative singlet energy transfer from R101 to MB. For thick layers of particles, the combined effect of both kinds of energy transfer amounts to nearly 80% at the highest acceptor concentration, while nonradiative transfer reaches 60% both for thin and optically thick layers. The dependence of nonradiative energy transfer efficiencies on the acceptor concentration is analyzed and the origin of departures from Förster behavior at low acceptor concentration is discussed. [source]