title: Nanostructured organosilicon luminophores and their application in highly efficient plastic scintillators.
abstract: Organic luminophores are widely used in various optoelectronic devices, which serve for photonics, nuclear and particle physics, quantum electronics, medical diagnostics and many other fields of science and technology. Improving their spectral-luminescent characteristics for particular technical requirements of the devices is a challenging task. Here we show a new concept to universal solution of this problem by creation of nanostructured organosilicon luminophores (NOLs), which are a particular type of dendritic molecular antennas. They combine the best properties of organic luminophores and inorganic quantum dots: high absorption cross-section, excellent photoluminescence quantum yield, fast luminescence decay time and good processability. A NOL consists of two types of covalently bonded via silicon atoms organic luminophores with efficient Förster energy transfer between them. Using NOLs in plastic scintillators, widely utilized for radiation detection and in elementary particles discoveries, led to a breakthrough in their efficiency, which combines both high light output and fast decay time. Moreover, for the first time plastic scintillators, which emit light in the desired wavelength region ranging from 370 to 700 nm, have been created. We anticipate further applications of NOLs as working elements of pulsed dye lasers in photonics, optoelectronics and as fluorescent labels in biology and medical diagnostics.
authors.affiliation: 1] Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation [2] Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation [3].
authors.forename: Sergei A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ponomarenko
authors.affiliation: 1] Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation [2].
authors.forename: Nikolay M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Surin
authors.affiliation: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Oleg V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Borshchev
authors.affiliation: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Yuriy N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Luponosov
authors.affiliation: State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya st. 25, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Dmitry Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Akimov
authors.affiliation: 1] State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya st. 25, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation [2] National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Ivan S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Alexandrov
authors.affiliation: 1] State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya st. 25, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation [2] National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexander A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Burenkov
authors.affiliation: 1] State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya st. 25, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation [2] National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexey G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kovalenko
authors.affiliation: 1] State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya st. 25, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation [2] National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Viktor N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Stekhanov
authors.affiliation: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Elena A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kleymyuk
authors.affiliation: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Oleg T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Gritsenko
authors.affiliation: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Georgiy V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Cherkaev
authors.affiliation: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kechek'yan
authors.affiliation: 1] Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation [2] Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federtion.
authors.forename: Olga A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Serenko
authors.affiliation: 1] Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russian Federation [2] Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russian Federtion.
authors.forename: Aziz M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Muzafarov