title: Change of boron substitution improves the lasing performance of Bodipy dyes: a mechanistic rationalisation.
abstract: Bodipy laser dyes are highly efficient but degrade rapidly in solution by reacting with in situ generated singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)). To increase the lasing lifetimes of these dyes, we have designed and synthesised two different congeners of the widely studied Pyrromethene 567 (PM567) by substitution at the boron centre and/or at both the boron centre and the meso position. The two new dyes showed high lasing efficiencies with increased photostability. The results of theoretical and pulse radiolysis studies revealed that the substitution at the boron centre reduced the (1)O(2) generation capacity of these dyes as well as their rate of reaction with (1)O(2), thereby enhancing their lifetimes even under lasing conditions.
authors.affiliation: Laser and Plasma Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085, India.
authors.forename: Krishna K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Jagtap
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shivran
authors.forename: Soumyaditya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mula
authors.forename: Devidas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Sisir K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Tulsi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Dilip K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Maity
authors.forename: Alok K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ray