title: Fluorescence anisotropy decay and solvation dynamics in a nanocavity: coumarin 153 in methyl beta-cyclodextrins.
abstract: Fluorescence anisotropy decay and solvation dynamics of coumarin 153 (C153) are studied in dimethyl beta-cyclodextrin (DIMEB) and trimethyl beta-cyclodextrin (TRIMEB) nanocavity in water. C153 binds to DIMEB and TRIMEB to form both 1:1 and 1:2 (C153:cyclodextrin) complexes. The anisotropy decays of C153 in DIMEB and TRIMEB are found to be biexponential. The fast component of anisotropy decay (approximately 1000 ps) is attributed to the 1:1 complex and the slower one (approximately 2500 ps) to the 1:2 complex. From the components of the anisotropy decay, the length of the 1:1 and 1:2 complexes are estimated. Solvation dynamics of C153 in DIMEB exhibits a very fast (2.4 ps) component (41%) and two slower components of 50 ps (29%) and 1450 ps (30%). Solvation dynamics in TRIMEB is described by three slow components of 10.3 ps (24%), 240 ps (45%), and 2450 ps (31%). Possible origins of the ultraslow components are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India.
authors.forename: Pratik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Durba
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Sudip Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Kalyanasis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: Subhadip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Kankan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
mesh_terms: D003374:Coumarins / Q000737:chemistry*; D005454:Fluorescence Polarization / Q000379:methods*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012995:Solubility; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C108732:methyl-beta-cyclodextrin; C030123:coumarin