Fluorophore-capped cyclodextrins as efficient chemical-to-light energy converters.
Bisbenzimidazole-capped cyclodextrins, capable of forming supramolecules, harvest chemical energy from the oxidation reaction of a bis(aryl)oxalate and emit light two orders of magnitude more efficiently than fluorescein does.
Yuan
De-Qi
DQ
Department of Molecular Medicinal Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan. deqiyuan@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Kishikawa
Naoya
N
Yang
Cheng
C
Koga
Kazutaka
K
Kuroda
Naotaka
N
Fujita
Kahee
K
D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008163:Luminescent Measurements
D001562:Benzimidazoles; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C031000:benzimidazole