Carbazole-based organogel as a scaffold to construct energy transfer arrays with controllable fluorescence emission.
A diaryldiketopyrrolopyrrole derivative functionalized with phenothiazine moieties (DPPP) was synthesized and introduced into the ordered 4-(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl)benzamide (TBCB) organogel system. It was found that TBCB-based gel became a scaffold to make DPPP molecules line up along the gel fibers, resulting in new self-assembled arrays, whose XRD patterns were quite different from those of the neat TBCB gel and DPPP crystal. In the composite gel, the occurrence of a partial energy transfer from the excited light-harvesting antenna of TBCB to the DPPP acceptor was confirmed on the basis of time-dependent and time-resolved fluorescence investigations. Remarkably, the composite gel could emit intense red light or purplish white light by tuning the excitation wavelength. Such ordered soft materials with color-tunable emission may possess potential applications in sensor and photonic devices.
Yang
Xinchun
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State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China.
Lu
Ran
R
Xue
Pengchong
P
Li
Bin
B
Xu
Defang
D
Xu
Tinghua
T
Zhao
Yingying
Y
D001549:Benzamides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D004735:Energy Transfer; D005453:Fluorescence; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010316:Particle Size; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013997:Time Factors; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
C539184:4-(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl)benzamide; D001549:Benzamides; D002227:Carbazoles; D005782:Gels; D011758:Pyrroles; C041514:carbazole