INSERTION REACTION OF CARBOETHOXYLCARBENE TO N-HEXANE IN THE PRESENCE OF BENZOPHENONE AND THE SENSITIZED PHOTO-OXIDATION OF N-HEXANE

In the presence of protosensitizer-benzophenone, ethyl diazoacetate was photolyzedand the resulting carboethoxylcarbene reacted with n-hexane. The result was compared withthat done without the sensitizer. It was revealed that the nature of the insertion products andtheir relative proportions remained the same, whether the sensitizer was presentor not. At the same time, the influence of oxygen on the sensitized and unsensitized inser-tion reaetions was also studied; these showed also no influence on the nature of insertionproducts and their relative proportions no matter whether the sensitizer or oxygen was pres-ent or not. Since oxygen ks a well-known seavenger for the triplet state carbene, the ex-perimental results indicate clearly that the insertion reactions are conducted by the carbenein singlet state. The photo-oxidation products of n-hexane sensitized by air in the presence of benzophe-none were carefully studied, showing that the primary hexyl radical seemed to be rearrang-ed to thermodynamicall     

Synthesis, Characterization and Two-Photon Absorption Properties of a Novel Pyridinium Salt

A novel pyridinium salt, 2,4-bis[p-(N,N-dimethylamino)styryll-N-metlayl pyridinium iodide (BMSPI) was synthesized and characterized by TG, ^1H NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis, and the reaction process was studied by using ES-MS. When BMSPI was pumped by a pulsed 1064 nm, 50 ps laser beam, it manifests highly efficient TPA (Two-Photon Absorption) and up-conversion superradiance. The up-conversion efficiency was 6.0% at the pump energy of 4-6 mJ and the lifetime of two-photon fluorescence was measured as 59 ps.     

DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION OF METHYL METHACRYLATE INITIATED BY COUMARIN DYE/IODONIUM SALT SYSTEM*

The photosensitive initiating system composed of 7-diethylamino-3-(2'-benzimidazolyl)coumarindye (DEDC) and diphenyliodonium hexafluorophosphate (DIHP) which act as the sensitizer and the initiatorrespectively, can be used to initiate the polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA). The results showedthat when exposed to visible light, coumarin dye/iodonium salt undergoes quick electron transfer from DEDCto DIHP and free radicals are produced. The visible light photoinduced reaction between DEDC and DIHP ismainly through the excited singlet state of DEDC and thus it is a little sensitive to O_2. The influence ofconcentration of DEDC, DIHP and MMA on the rate of photopolymerization of MMA was also investigated.     

Highly Efficient Photosensitization of Mesoporous TiO2 Electrode with a Cynanine Dye

A low cost cyanine dye,1,1-dimethyl-3-ethyl-2-[3-(1,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-1-ethyl-5-carboxyl-2H-indol-2-ylidene)-1-propenyl]-1H-benz[e] indolium iodide (1) was synthesized and applied to sensitize mesoporous TiO2 electrode. Photoresponse of the electrode was extended to the visible and remarkably high incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) over 70% was achieved from 500nm to 600nm.     

9,9-二己基芴基四乙炔基聚炔铂的合成及发光性质

Soluble platinum(Ⅱ)polyyne polymers trans-{Pt-[P(C_4H_8N)_3]_2(C≡C)_2R(C≡C)_(2-)}_n and trans-{Pt-[P(C_4-H_3O)_3]_2(C≡C)_2R(C≡C)_(2-)}_n(R=9,9-dihexylfluorene-2,7-diyl)have been prepared in good yields by CuI-catalyzedpolymerization involving the dehydrohalogenating coupling of trans-{PtCl_2[P(C_4H_8N)_3]_2} and trans-{PtCl_2[P-(C_4H_3O)_3]_2} with H(C≡C)_2R(C≡C)_2H,respectively.We report the optical spectroscopy of these polyplatinaynes.The influence of the heavy metal atom in these metal alkynyl systems on the intersystem crossing rate and the spa-tial extent of lowest singlet and triplet excitons was systematically characterized.Our investigations indicate that theorganic triplet emissions can be harvested by the heavy-atom effect which enables efficient intersystem crossingfrom the S_1 singlet excited state to the T_1 triplet excited state.     

Synthesis and characterization of a new chromophor with acid/base-sensitive fluorescence emission

A new two-photon absorption compound,2-{4-((dicyanomethylidene-5,5-dimethylcyclohexl)vinyl]phenyl}imidazo[4,5- f][l,10]phenanthroline(DDVPIP),was synthesized and characterized.The one-photon excited fluorescence(OPEF) and two-photon excited fluorescence(TPEF) of DDVPIP are sensitive to the acid/base of the solution,which arc enhanced in basic solution but weakened in acidic solution.Charge-transfer(CT) states of DDVPIP were calculated through theory methods to explain its acid/ base-sensitive fluorescent properties.     

氧化铈纳米粒子光催化降解亚甲基蓝的动力学和机理

 CeO2 nanocrystals were synthesized by a simple precipitation method and calcination at 600 °C. (NH4)2Ce(NO3)6 and ammonia were used as precursors. The CeO2 nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and N2 adsorption. The photodegradation of methylene blue catalyzed by CeO2 nanoparticles was studied under UV and sunlight irradiation. The highest degradation was obtained with 1.0 g/L CeO2 at pH 11 within 125 min. The pseudo first order rate constants of dye bleaching were calculated as 16.2x10-3 and 15.7x10-3 min-1 under UV and sunlight irradiation, respectively. The effect of iso-PrOH, iodide ion, and H2O2 was studied to predict the pathway of dye degradation. The obtained results indicate the effect of photogenerated holes in the degradation mechanism of the dye. Also, the photocatalytic activity of the prepared photocatalyst was studied in the presence of several negative ions.     

Geometry,Electronic Structure,and Related Properties of Dye Sensitizer： 3,4-bis[1- （carboxymethyl）-3-indolyl]- 1 H-pyrrole-2,5-dione

The geometry, electronic structure, polarizability and hyperpolarizability of dye sensitizer 3,4-bis[1-（carboxymethyl）-3-indolyl]-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione （BIMCOOH） were studied using density functional theory （DFT） with hybrid functional B3LYP, and the electronic absorption spectra were investigated using semi-empirical quantum chemical method ZINDO-1 and time-dependent DFT （TDDFT）. The results of natural bond orbital suggest that the natural charges of the dione, indole, and acetic groups are about 0.15e, -0.29e, and 0.44e, respectively. The calculated isotropic polarizability, polarizability anisotropy invariant and hyperpolarizability are 305.4, 188.3, and 1155.4 a.u., respectively. The electronic absorption spectral features in visible and near-UV region were assigned to the π→π^＊ transition due to the qualitative agreement between the experiment and the TDDFT calculations, and the transitions of the excited states 9-11 related to photoinduced intramolecular charge transfer processes. The analysis of electronic structure and UV-Vis absorption indicates that the indole groups primarily contributed sensitization of photo-to-currency conversion processes, and the interracial electron transfer between semiconductor TiO2 electrode and dye sensitizer BIMCOOH are electron injection processes from excited states of the dyes to the semiconductor conduction band.     

DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOLYSIS OF o-Cl-HEXAARYLBIIMIDAZOLE AND PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION KINETICS STUDY OF THE LONG WAVE-LENGTH DYE/HEXAARYLBIIMIDAZOLE SYSTEMS*

o-Chloro-hexaarylbiimidazole (o-Cl-HABI) can be sensitized efficiently by the dyes 1-ethyl-3'-methyl thiacyaninebromide (C 1), 3,3'-diethyl thiacarbocyanine iodide (C 2), and cyclopentanone 2,5-bis[2-(1,3-dihydro-1,3,3-trimethyl-2H-indol-2-ylidene)ethylidene] (C 3) through electron transfer proceses. When exposed to a xenon lamp (filtered by Pyrex glass),the photosensitive systems composed of o-Cl-HABI and the above dyes can produce free radicals which initiate thepolymerization of MMA. The photopolymerization kinetics equation was obtained for the o-Cl-HABI/C2 system, R_p=K [C2]~(0.75)[o-Cl-HABI]~(0.44)[MTA]~(0.12)[MMA]~(10). A comparison of the influence of different dyes on the conversion of MMA photopolymerization was conducted.     

Increase of Calcium Levels at Interphase in NIH 3T3 Cells

The fluorescent calcium ion indicator dye Fluo-3 and DNA-binding dye Hoechst 33342 were employed to determine, in a quantitative microspectrofluorometric study, the intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca~(2+)]_i) and the DNA content of individual living NIH3T3 cells. The well-separated excitation and emission properties of these dyes allowed us to establish for each cell both the phase of the cell cycle using DNA content and [Ca~(2+)]_i. We found that the transition from G_1, through S, to the G_2 phase is accompanied by a two-fold increase in [Ca~(2+)]_i. The [Ca~(2+)]_i was inhomologous in each phase of the interphase (G_1, S and G_2) although [Ca~(2+)]_i in the S and G_2 phases was never lower than certain threshold values in the G_1 and S phases respectively. [Ca~(2+)]_i in G_0 cells was lower than that in G_2 cells. These changes in [Ca~(2+)]_i suggest that [Ca~(2+)]_i may be an import regulator of cell cycle progression.     

近红外菁染料敏化的准固态太阳电池的光电化学研究

一个新型的近红外五甲川菁染料敏化剂(Cy)通过3,3-二甲基-1-乙基-2-[4-(N-苯乙酰氨基]-1,3-丁二烯-1-基]-3H-苯并[e]吲哚碘盐和5-羧基-1-丁基-2,3,3-三甲基-3H-吲哚碘盐的Knoevenagel缩合反应合成, 其结构用核磁、质谱和紫外等方法进行了确定; 使用疏水性气相法纳米SiO2 R974固化1-丁基-3-丙基咪唑碘离子液体制备了一种新的准固态电解质, 将其应用于菁染料(Cy)敏化的太阳电池, 对该染料敏化的准固态太阳电池的光电化学性能进行了研究. 在AM1.5G标准光源下, 得到1.49%的光电转换效率. 此方法对拓展准固态染料敏化太阳电池的研究具有一定的意义.     

多枝[1,3,4]-噁二唑衍生物的双光子吸收和光功率限幅特性

采用非线性透过率法测定了多枝[1,3,4]-噁二唑衍生物的双光子吸收性质. 测定了化合物的单光子荧光光谱和双光子荧光光谱, 在800 nm波长的激光激发下, 9-乙基-3,6-双{5-(4-叔丁基苯基)-[1,3,4] 噁二唑-2-苯乙烯基}-咔唑(3)和三-{5-(4-叔丁基苯基)-[1,3,4] 噁二唑-2-苯乙烯基-4-苯基}-胺(4)能够发出很强的蓝色和黄绿色双光子上转换荧光, 荧光峰分别位于485和547 nm. 这些多枝结构化合物的双光子吸收截面较大(数值超过104 GM), 并具有很强的光限幅效应. 多枝分子中重复单元的推拉电子结构和协同效应有效地增强了分子的双光子吸收性质.     

以N为耦合中心多枝分子的双光子上转换荧光

采用非线性透过率法研究了以N为耦合中心的多枝化合物N-[4-{2-(3,5-二-[5-(4-叔丁基苯基)-1,3,4-噁二唑-2-]苯基}-1-乙烯基}苯基}-N,N-二苯胺(BPODPA), N,N-双[4-{2-(3,5-二-[5-(4-叔丁基苯基)-1,3,4-噁二唑-2-]苯基}-1-乙烯基}苯基}-N-苯胺(BBPOPA)和N,N,N-三[4-{2-(3,5-二-[5-(4-叔丁基苯基)-1,3,4-噁二唑-2]苯基}-1-乙烯基}苯基}胺(TBPOA)的双光子吸收性质, 测定了化合物的单光子荧光光谱和双光子上转换荧光光谱, 研究了多枝化对三苯胺分子双光子吸收和双光子激发荧光性质的影响.在800 nm波长的激光激发下,化合物BPODPA、BBPOPA和TBPOA在二氯甲烷溶液中发出很强的蓝绿色双光子上转换荧光, 荧光峰分别位于502、515 和518 nm. 这些多枝结构化合物的双光子吸收截面较大, 双光子吸收增强来源于多枝分子中扩展的π共轭体系和重复单元的协同效应.     

一种新型蓝光发射聚合物的非线性光学性质和超快动力学

以一种新型蓝光发射聚合物多聚(5-二苯胺基)-1,3-苯乙烯(Yu1)及其单体材料5-二苯胺基苯基-1,3-二甲醛(Yu0)为研究对象, 利用飞秒Z扫描技术和泵浦-探测技术研究了这两种材料的非线性光学性质以及超快动力学. 结果表明, 聚合后, 聚合物Yu1的双光子吸收性质得到显著增强, 每重复单元的双光子吸收截面达到单体Yu0的10倍. 超快动力学研究结果揭示了Yu0和Yu1的不同弛豫过程. 聚合物Yu1的400 nm单色泵浦-探测实验结果表现出明显的各向异性: 由于激子迁移的高度方向性, 泵浦光与探测光偏振方向平行配置时观察到的快过程在偏振方向垂直配置时消失. 非线性光学性质以及超快动力学研究结果表明聚合单体对非线性性质的增强效应.     

Rational design of small indolic squaraine dyes with large two-photon absorption cross section

Small organic dyes with large two-photon absorption (TPA) cross sections (δ) are more desirable in many applications compared with large molecules. Herein, we proposed a facile theoretical method for the fast screening of small organic molecules as potential TPA dyes. This method is based on a theoretical analysis to the natural transition orbitals (NTOs) directly associated with the TPA transition. Experimental results on the small indolic squaraine dyes (ISD) confirmed that their TPA cross sections is strongly correlated to the delocalization degree of the NTOs of the S₂ excited states. Aided by this simple and intuitive method, we have successfully designed and synthesized a small indolic squaraine dye (ISD) with a remarkable δ value above 8000 GM at 780 nm. The ISD dye also exhibits a high singlet oxygen generation quantum yield about 0.90. The rationally designed TPA dye was successfully applied in both two-photon excited fluorescence cell imaging and in vivo cerebrovascular blood fluid tracing.     

Nonlinear optical properties and excited-state dynamics of highly symmetric expanded porphyrins

A strong correlation among calculated Nucleus-Independent Chemical Shift (NICS) values, molecular planarity, and the observed two-photon absorption (TPA) values was found for a series of closely matched expanded porphyrins. The expanded porphyrins in question consisted of [26]hexaphyrin, [28]hexaphyrin, rubyrin, amethyrin, cyclo[6]pyrrole, cyclo[7]pyrrole, and cyclo[8]pyrrole containing 22, 24, 26, 28, and 30 pi-electrons. Two of the systems, [28]hexaphyrin and amethyrin, were considered to be antiaromatic as judged from a simple application of Hückel's [4n + 2] rule. These systems displayed positive NICS(0) values (+43.5 and +17.1 ppm, respectively) and gave rise to TPA values of 2600 and 3100 GM, respectively. By contrast, a set of congeners containing 22, 26, and 30 pi-electrons (cyclo[n]pyrrole, n = 6, 7, and 8, respectively) were characterized by a linear correlation between the NICS and TPA values. In the case of the oligopyrrolic macrocycles containing 26 pi-electron systems, a further correlation between the molecular structure and various markers associated with aromaticity was seen. In particular, a decrease in the excited state lifetimes and an increase in the TPA values were seen as the flexibility of the systems increased. Based on the findings presented here, it is proposed that various readily measurable optical properties, including the two-photon absorption cross-section, can provide a quantitative experimental measure of aromaticity in macrocyclic pi-conjugated systems.     

Effective two-photon absorption cross section of heteroaromatic quadrupolar dyes: dependence on measurement technique and laser pulse characteristics

The linear and nonlinear optical properties of the heteroaromatic push-pull-push two-photon absorbing dye N-methyl-2,5-bis[1-(N-methylpyrid-4-yl)ethen-2-yl]-pyrrole ditriflate (PEPEP) are reported. The determination of the two-photon absorption (TPA) cross-section spectrum has been performed with different techniques: femtosecond TPA-white light continuum probe experiments, two-photon-induced fluorescence, and open aperture Z-scan measurements using both nanosecond and femtosecond laser pulses. The measured TPA cross sections and their wavelength dispersion show a marked dependence on the parameters of the laser pulses and on the measurement technique employed. These properties are discussed in terms of the different microscopic mechanisms that can contribute to the multiphoton absorption processes, with different weight depending on the measurement conditions and on the photophysical parameters of the dye.     

Theoretical study of two-photon absorption in donor-acceptor chromophores tetraalkylammonium halide/carbon tetrabromide

Two-photon absorption properties of a series of donor-acceptor chromophores of tetraalkylammonium halide/carbon tetrabromide ([NR4h.CBr4], h = Cl, Br, I; R = Me, Et, Pr) complexes are investigated in terms of the calculated results by the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) technique combined with the sum-over-states (SOS) method. The modeling two-photon absorption spectra show that these charge-transfer complexes have large two-photon absorption (TPA) cross sections and the [NEt4I.CBr4] has the largest TPA cross section delta with the value of 5.0 x 10(-45) cm4 s photon(-1). The maximum values of delta increase with increasing separations between the donor/acceptor in the order Cl...Br < Br...Br < I...Br for [NEt4h.CBr4] complexes; however, the TPA cross sections delta vary slightly as the size of the alkyl group increases from methyl to propyl for the bromide as a donor, and the maximum wavelength of the TPA peak lambdamax indicates a bathochromic shift. The charge transfers from the halide anion to the carbon tetrabromide make a significant contribution to the excited states, and the donor-acceptor charge transfer plays an important role in the TPA activity, whereas changes in size of alkyl group do not make a substantial contribution to TPA.     

Synthesis, Structure of a Symmetrically Substituted Stilbene with Strong Two-photon Absorption and Up-converted Blue Fluorescence

Symmetric substituted stilbenes have significantly potential application such as fluorescence microscopy, two-photon photodynamic therapy, optical power limiting, and three-dimensional storage1-2. These dyes have strong tendency of symmetric intra-molecular change transfer under the excited state. As a result, they usually exhibit large two-photon absorptivity (TPA), in the meanwhile emit strong up-converted fluorescence. On the other hand, their solutions generally display linear transmis…     

Synthesis and Properties of a New Two-photon-absorbed Material Heasps

Abstract

A new dye Trans-4-[p-(N-hydroxyethyl-N-ethyiamino)styryl]-N-methylpyridinium p-toluene sulfonate (HEASPS) was synthesized, and the two-photon absorption (TPA), TPA-induced frequency up-conversion emission, and two-photon pumped (TPP) frequency up-converted lasing properties of this new dye were experimentally studied. This new dye has a moderate TPA cross-section of\sigma₂ = 4.7 × 10^?48 cm⁴ .s/photon at 1064nm, but exhibits a high lasing efficiency. The net conversion efficiency from the absorbed 1064 nm pump pulse energy to the 626 nm up-converted lasing energy is 18.2% at the pump energy level of 1.9 mJ.