有机分子聚集体中振动分辨光谱的激子耦合效应（英文）

光谱是探究分子间相互作用及发光机理的有效手段.本工作采用Frenkel激子模型和量子力学/分子力学(QM/MM)方法系统研究了一系列聚集诱导发光(AIE)体系和传统荧光(非AIE)体系晶态下的吸收、发射光谱.结果表明,分子内电声子耦合(λ)与分子间激子耦合(J)竞争决定了晶态聚集体的光谱特性.在室温下,当J/λ值大于约0.17时,有机分子聚集体光谱的激子耦合效应将表现明显.例如,对于面对面排列的H聚集体,只有考虑激子耦合效应的理论计算光谱才与其实验光谱吻合很好,即相较于单分子光谱的吸收蓝移、发射减弱并红移.对于AIE体系,因为其J/λ值均小于0.17,AIE聚集体光谱特征主要是由分子内电声子耦合所主导,激子耦合可以忽略不计.     

分子聚集体的光谱模拟

采用Frenkel激子理论研究了一维线性和二维人字形分子聚集体的吸收和发射光谱.通过引入激子离域长度的概念,将聚集体与单分子的光谱线形函数联系起来.计算的光谱结果表明,聚集体的光谱与分子在聚集体中的排列紧密相关.分析了一维J聚集光谱发生红移以及二维人字形分子聚集体吸收光谱形成J和H激子谱带的内在原因.模拟得到的聚集体的...     

光系统I（PSI）反应中心的激子耦合

运用点偶极、单极跃迁电荷和跃迁密度等经典库仑作用的方法,考察了叶绿素a分子间面心距和错位结构等因素对激子耦合的影响．结果表明,当分子间距大于分子尺寸时,上述三种方法得到的结果基本一致;但当分子间距小于分子尺寸时,点偶极方法将明显高估激子耦合,跃迁密度的方法更适合计算分子间的激子耦合．此外,还使用上述方法计算了光系统Ⅰ（PSI）反应中心叶绿素a分子间激子耦合．结果表明,用跃迁密度计算PSI晶体结构（1jb0．pdb）e700的激子耦合为75.3cm^-1,而QM．MM优化的结构P700（ecAl．ecBl）的激子耦合为23．8cm^-1,这与考虑Dexter交换项的全对角化方法的结果（20cm^-1）一致,进而说明PSI反应中心并不是传统的P700强激子耦合对,而是ecAl-ecB2和ecBl-ecA2对强耦合二聚体构成的二聚体对．     

量子阱单激子光增益实现超低阈值连续波激光

胶质纳米晶光增益材料对于开发新一代的高效激光器前景巨大.采用外延生长法制备原子尺寸厚度的Ⅱ型CdSe/CdTe复合纳米片,研究该异质结构的光学性质及其对应的电荷动力学过程,以此探讨其光增益性能及激光应用潜能.光谱结果表明,Ⅱ型纳米片有效的电子与空穴分离结构使其表现出较大的斯托克斯位移（△_S=100 meV）和较强的激子-激子库伦排斥力（△_XX=50 meV）.△_S和△_XX的协同效应使"激子-双激子"吸收能相比单激子发射能提高了约150 meV,打破了一般纳米晶结构中两者的简并关系,这将有效抑制光吸收损失并促进单激子光增益.单激子光增益机制下该纳米片较长的单激子寿命（τ_x=394 ns）使连续激光泵浦的理论功率阈值低至12 W/cm²,这为开发实用性更强的、超低阈值的连续波激光器提供可能.     

荧蒽修饰的四苯基乙烯衍生物:分子合成、聚集增强荧光特性及其对苦味酸的高灵敏度检测

由于聚集体和固态发光量子效率高等优点,因此聚集诱导发光（AIE）材料成为光电功能材料研究领域的热点,拓展AIE分子体系始终是这一领域中的关键和基础的科学问题.通过Suzuki-Miyaura偶联这一条件较为温和的反应,将AIE生色团四苯基乙烯（TPE）与荧蒽直接共轭键接,制备得到单荧蒽和双荧蒽修饰的TPE衍生物TPE-FA与TPE-DFA,它们具有聚集增强荧光（AEE）行为,聚集体发射峰值波长分别在477和494 nm,固体薄膜的绝对荧光量子产率高达74.1%和40.4%.它们可以高灵敏地检测苦味酸,荧光猝灭常数大,检出限低于1 μg·g^-1.这两种AEE分子可望用于其它多硝基取代的芳香类吸电子分子的检测.     

聚集诱导发光分子的光电功能与器件应用

光电功能分子通常以薄膜和聚集体的形式显示功能, 聚集诱导发光（AIE）分子体系的发现为解决固态下聚集诱导荧光猝灭（ACQ）难题提供了新的思路. 本文总结了近年来本课题组发展的一系列AIE 分子, 侧重介绍这些AIE 分子的光电功能与器件应用, 特别是在有机电致发光器件和有机激光方面的应用. AIE 材料显示非常高的电致发光效率, 在显示与白光器件方面潜力巨大. 在发展电泵有机激光方面, AIE 材料特点突出, 是最有前景的一类材料.     

芳香杂环聚合物紫外-可见光谱性质的理论研究

在AM₁方法优化构型的基础上,用ZINDO/CI方法计算了系列芳香杂环聚合物的紫外-可见光谱,探索分子结构与其光学性质之间的关系.理论计算结果表明,模型化合物ABPBO,PBO,PBOV和PBODV的紫外-可见光谱最大吸收波长(λ_max)依次增加,且相应吸收强度与分子链共轭长度相关.根据线性递变规律推导的理论λ_max值与其实验值(薄膜干态紫外吸收)符合得较好.由于质子化效应等环境因素,溶液中测量值较理论值和薄膜紫外吸收偏大.     

聚集诱导发光体系:化合物种类、发光机制及其应用

聚集诱导发光(AIE)体系是近年来备受关注的一个研究领域,目前该领域已经积累了较为丰富的AIE化合物的分子设计理念和相应的对AIE机制的理解。AIE体系的研究为固态强发光材料特别是备受聚集发光猝灭难题困扰的有机电致发光材料提供了全新的分子设计思路。本文纵观该领域的研究进展,对AIE化合物种类、发光机制及其相关应用做出了较为详尽的综述报道。具有AIE性质的化合物主要包括多芳基取代的杂环化合物、多芳基乙烯类化合物、分子内电荷转移化合物、含有氢键的化合物、聚合物等。这些化合物的AIE发光机制也各有不同,包括分子内旋转受限、非辐射失活衰减受限、分子构象扭曲以避免形成激基缔合物以及利用特殊的分子堆积方式如J-聚集、交叉分子堆积、由分子间的C—H…π作用或特殊的氢键作用形成相应的发光聚集体等。基于其特殊的AIE性能,AIE化合物可广泛应用于化学传感、生物传感、生物标记、电致发光以及逻辑门器件等领域。     

聚甲基丙烯酸(N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺)酯的簇聚诱导发光研究

不含普通发光单元的非典型生色团发光化合物因其基础研究重要性和广泛的应用前景引起了人们的极大兴趣.其中许多化合物还具有独特的聚集诱导发光（Aggregation-induced emission,AIE）特性.然而其发光机理仍然存在争议.在此前的研究中,提出了簇聚诱导发光（clustering-triggered emission,CTE）机理,即非典型生色团的簇聚和电子共享来解释这些体系的发光和AIE现象.为进一步验证这一假说,设计合成了不含传统生色团的聚甲基丙烯酸（N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺）酯（PNHSMA）.其稀溶液基本不发光,但浓溶液,纳米聚集体,固体粉末均发射蓝光,呈现出AIE性质.通过与其单体甲基丙烯酸（N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺）酯（NHSMA）的发光行为对比及单体单晶结构解析,利用CTE机理很好地解释了其光物理行为.     

新型含苯并磷杂环戊二烯结构荧光分子的合成及性能

以三苯胺、咔唑为电子给体, 苯并磷杂环戊二烯氧化物为电子受体, 设计合成了一类新颖的D-A-D 型荧光分子, 其结构经¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, ³¹P NMR, IR和MS确认。通过紫外可见吸收光谱和荧光光谱系统研究了不同给体和受体单元对荧光分子的紫外吸收、液体荧光、固体荧光、溶致变色及聚集诱导发光等光物理性能的影响。结果表明：合成的三种分子具有良好的液体和固体荧光性能;化合物TBN-EPIO具有显著的溶致变色效应, 在四氢呋喃-水二元溶剂体系中, 具有聚集诱导发光(AIE)效应。此外, 利用密度泛函理论计算了分子的几何构型及前线分子轨道电子云。      

β,β‐Diborylated Subporphyrinato Boron(III) Complexes as Useful Synthetic Precursors

Iridium‐catalyzed borylation of B‐aryl meso‐free subporphyrinato boron(III) complexes (hereinafter referred to simply as subporphyrins) with bis(pinacolato)diboron gave 2,13‐diborylated subporphyrins regioselectively, which served as promising synthetic precursors for 2,13‐diarylated subporphyrins and doubly β‐to‐β 1,3‐butadiyne‐bridged subporphyrin dimers. 2,13‐Diarylated subporphyrins display perturbed absorption spectra, depending upon the β‐aryl substituents. Doubly 1,3‐butadiyne‐bridged syn and anti subporphyrin dimers thus prepared exhibit differently altered absorption spectra with split Soret‐like bands, which have been accounted for in terms of exciton coupling.     

一类混配型钌苯配合物的手征光学特性

手性钌配合物反应机理及手性构性关系的理论研究是一个重要课题.本工作中,用密度泛函方法研究了一类混配型钌苯配合物[RuBen(PPh3)2(Phen)(L-Cys)]2+(Phen=菲咯啉,L-Cys=L-半胱氨酸)的几何构型、电子结构和手征光学性质.计算拟合的电子圆二色(ECD)谱的峰形、符号与相对强度均与实验谱图吻合...     

Sulfur‐Bridged BODIPY DYEmers

Reactions of BODIPY monomers with sulfur nucleophiles and electrophiles result in the formation of new BODIPY dimers. Mono‐ and disulfur bridges are established, and the new dyestuff molecules were studied with respect to their structural, optical, and electrochemical properties. X‐ray diffraction analyses reveal individual angulated orientations of the BODIPY subunits in all cases. DFT calculations provide solution conformers of the DYEmers which deviate in a specific manner from the crystallographic results. Clear exciton‐like splittings are observed in the absorption spectra, with maxima at up to 628 nm, in combination with the expected weak fluorescence in polar solvents. A strong communication between the BODIPY subunits was detected by cyclic voltammetry, where two separated one‐electron oxidation and reduction waves with peak‐to‐peak potential differences of 120–400 mV are observed. The qualitative applicability of the exciton model by Kasha for the interpretation of the absorption spectral shape with respect to the conformational state, subunit orientation and distance, and conjugation through the different sulfur bridges, is discussed in detail for the new BODIPY derivatives. This work is part of our concept of DYEmers, where the covalent oligomerisation of BODIPY‐type dye molecules with close distances is leading to new functional dyes with predictable properties.     

Sterically Crowded Trianglimines—Synthesis,Structure, Solid‐State Self‐Assembly,and Unexpected Chiroptical Properties

The chiral, triangular‐shape hexaimine macrocycles (trianglimines), bearing bulky alkynyl or aryl substituents were synthesized and studied by means of experimental and theoretical methods. The macrocyclization reactions are driven by the extraordinary stability of the trianglimine ring and provided products with high yields. Electrostatic repulsion between imine nitrogen atoms and the substituents forced an anti conformation of the aromatic linkers. Although the DFT‐optimized structure of 7 is D₃ symmetrical, in the crystal, the macrocycle adopts a bowl‐like molecular shape. The macrocycle self‐assembles into tail‐to‐tail dimers by mutual interdigitation of aromatic moieties. In contrast, macrocycle 8 adopts a rigid pillararene‐like conformation. The nature of the substituent significantly affects the electronic properties of the linker. As a result, unexpectedly high exciton Cotton effects are observed in the electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. The origin of these effects was subject of an in‐depth study.     

Exciton Coupling in Redox-Active Salen based Self-Assembled Metallacycles

The incorporation of a redox-active nickel salen complex into supramolecular structures was explored via coordination-driven self-assembly with homobimetallic ruthenium complexes (bridged by oxalato or 5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinato ligands). The self-assembly resulted in the formation of a discrete rectangle using the oxalato complex and either a rectangle or a catenane employing the larger naphthoquinonato complex. The formation of the interlocked self-assembly was determined to be solvent and concentration dependent. The electronic structure and stability of the oxidized metallacycles was probed using electrochemical experiments, UV-Vis-NIR absorption, EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations, confirming ligand radical formation. Exciton coupling of the intense near-infrared (NIR) ligand radical intervalence charge transfer (IVCT) bands provided further confirmation of the geometric and electronic structures in solution.     

Bis(merocyanine) Hetero-Folda-Dimers: Evaluation of Exciton Coupling between Different Types of π-Stacked Chromphores

Exciton coupling between different types of chromophores has been rarely investigated. Herein, a systematic study on the exciton coupling between merocyanine chromophores of different conjugation length with varying excited state energies is presented. In this work well-defined hetero-dimer stacks were obtained upon folding of bis(merocyanine) dyes in nonpolar solvents. They show distinctly different absorption properties in comparison with the spectra of the single chromophores, revealing a significant coupling between the different chromophores. The simulated absorption spectra obtained from time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations are in good agreement with the experimental spectra. Our theoretical analysis based on an extension of Kasha's exciton theory discloses strong coupling between the dyes’ transition dipole moments despite of an excited-state energy difference of 0.60 eV between the chromophores.     

Tuning Solid-State Luminescence in Conjugated Organic Materials: Control of Excitonic and Excimeric Contributions through π Stacking and Halogen Bond Driven Self-Assembly

Two polymorphs with distinctly different fluorescence emission (green and yellow; G, Y) emanating from excitonic and excimeric contributions were prepared from solution as well as by using physical vapour transport. Based on crystal structure investigations, the vibrationally-resolved excitonic emission is found to originate from a β-Sheet arrangement (G), whereas a sandwich herringbone structure is responsible for the excimer emission (Y). The intermolecular interactions and energies were quantified to have a complete picture of the decisive factors that controls the self-assembly. Halogen-bond directed self-assembly was explored to fine-tune the intermolecular interactions through co-crystallization as well as a commercially viable liquid assisted grinding method. A smooth fluorescence shift from G to Y was achieved by co-assembly due to substantial differences in the π orbital overlap in the molecular packing. Our investigation provides a comprehensive understanding of the origin of excitonic and excimeric contributions of emission behaviour in conjunction with the molecular packing and π–π orbital overlap, and might provide a directive towards the engineering of fluorescent functional molecular materials.     

Synthesis and Crystallochromy of 1,4,7,10‐Tetraalkyltetracenes: Tuning of Solid‐State Optical Properties of Tetracenes by Alkyl Side‐Chain Length

We synthesized a series of 1,4,7,10‐tetraalkyltetracenes using a new 2,6‐naphthodiyne precursor and 2,5‐dialkylfurans as starting materials (alkyl=methyl to hexyl). Surprisingly, the solid‐state color of the tetracenes ranges through yellow, orange, and red. Both yellow and red solids are obtained for the butyl derivative. Optical properties in solution show no marked differences; however, those in the solid state show characteristics that vary with alkyl side‐chain length: methyl, propyl, and pentyl derivatives are orange; ethyl and butyl derivatives are yellow; and another butyl and hexyl derivative are red. X‐ray analyses reveal that the molecular structures are planar, semi‐chair, or chair forms; the chair form takes a herringbone‐like arrangement and the other forms take slipped parallel arrangements. The mechanism of crystallochromy is discussed in terms of molecular structure, crystal packing, and calculations that take account of exciton coupling.