title: Ionically Self-Assembled, Multi-Luminophore One-Dimensional Micro- and Nanoscale Aggregates of Thiacarbocyanine GUMBOS.
abstract: Groups of uniform materials based on organic salts (GUMBOS), derived from thiacarbocyanine (TC)-based dyes with increasing methyne chain lengths, were prepared through a single-step metathesis reaction between the iodide form of the TC dye and lithium bis(perfluoroethylsulfonyl)imide as the lipophilic anion source. Ionic self-assembly of these fluorescent hydrophobic GUMBOS resulted in aqueous dispersions of one-dimensional micro-and nano-scale molecular aggregates. Blended binary and ternary aggregates containing multiple TC GUMBOS were also prepared. These nanostructures exhibited a variety of aspect ratios, affording tunable Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) and aggregation-dependent spectroscopic properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803.
authors.forename: Sergio L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: de Rooy
authors.forename: Susmita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bilal
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authors.lastname: El-Zahab
authors.forename: Atiya
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authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Ridgely
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lodes
authors.forename: Anna
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authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Lin
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authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: Gary A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Isiah M
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authors.lastname: Warner