水杨酸-2′-乙基己基酯在胶束中的增溶位点

考察了阳离子、非离子和阴离子表面活性剂存在下水杨酸-2′-乙基己基酯(EHS)的吸收光谱和激发态分子内质子转移(ESIPT)荧光光谱.结果表明,EHS可增溶在胶束中,2′-乙基己基碳链朝向胶束内核,而水杨酸基朝向胶束-水界面;胶柬环境有利于EHS分子对紫外光的吸收和分子内氢键的形成,从而使ESIPT荧光显著增强,激发态分子以发射可见光和非辐射去活化方式衰减;并根据EHS和表面活性剂分子的结构和大小,解释了EHS分子在胶束中的结合位点,荧光猝灭和酯水解的光谱测量进一步为此结合位点提供了佐证.     

琥珀酸二(2-乙基己基)酯磺酸钠与聚合物表面活性剂形成的混合反胶团研究

聚集行为;荧光探针;琥珀酸二(2-乙基己基)酯磺酸钠与聚合物表面活性剂形成的混合反胶团研究     

3-羟基邻苯二甲酰亚胺全水溶性次氯酸荧光探针及其应用

利用二甲基硫代氨基甲酸酯对次氯酸(HOCl)的特异性和吡啶盐的水溶性,以4-羟基异苯并呋喃-1,3-二酮作为原料,设计合成了一种检测HOCl的全水溶性激发态分子内质子转移(ESIPT)荧光探针.由于二甲氨基硫代甲酸酯对羟基的保护,探针分子内的ESIPT作用被阻碍,自身无荧光;当加入HOCl时,HOCl氧化二甲氨基硫代甲...     

AHOT/异辛烷反胶束体系制备铁酸钴纳米粒子

分别以阴离子表面活性剂二(2-乙基己基)丁二酸酯磺酸钠(AOT)和新型表面活性剂二(2-乙基己基)羟基丁二酸酯磺酸钠(AHOT)与异辛烷/水构建的反胶束体系为微反应器,合成了CoFe2O4纳米粒子;利用TGA,XRD,TEM等手段对产物进行了表征;讨论了两种表面活性剂构建的反胶束体系对产物合成过程及纳米粒子形貌和尺寸的影响.     

分子动力学模拟研究荧光分子芘在磺基甜菜碱胶束中的增溶

采用分子动力学模拟研究了荧光分子芘在磺基甜菜碱两性表面活性剂聚集体中的增溶现象．结果表明,芘分子自发地自溶液中增溶进入胶束疏水内核的栅栏层区域．当胶束溶液中芘分子的局部浓度增大时,两个芘分子可以同时增溶进胶束的栅栏层区域,此时两个芘分子形成π-π共轭堆积的激发态络合物．但是由于荧光分子之间的弱兀．兀相互作用,激发态络合物在胶束中是不稳定的,表现为两个芘分子的多次结合和分离．模拟表明,分子动力学方法可以在分子水平上研究荧光探针分子在表面活性剂胶束中的增溶位点,解释荧光分子在胶束中的动力学现象．     

NPES/AOT反胶束增溶体系及性质研究

该文以壬基酚聚氧乙烯醚硫酸钠(NPES)与琥珀酸二(2-乙基己基)酯磺酸钠(AOT)复配体系为主表面活性剂,正丁醇为助表面活性剂,以柴油为油相,研究了反胶束增溶体系的粘度和电导率等物理化学性质;利用脉冲核磁共振图谱中水的T2弛豫时间分布曲线,研究了反胶束溶液中水的结合状态和分布,采用正规溶液理论计算了NPES/AOT的相互作用参数β值(-7.78),研究结果表明二者存在较强的协同效应,从理论上解释了二者在反胶束溶液中的最佳比例和协同增效作用.     

修饰β-环糊精/4-(N,N-二甲氨基)-苯甲酸-2''''-乙基己基酯笼型包结物研究

用分子光谱法研究了甲基-β-环糊精(M-CD)和羟丙基-β-环糊精(HP-CD)与4-(N,N-二甲氨基)-苯甲酸-2'-乙基己基酯(EHDAB)分子间的包结作用.结果表明,柔性的2'-乙基己基和刚性的芳香端都包结在M-CD和HP-CD空腔中,形成了21笼型主-客体包结物.疏水性2'-乙基己基在包结物的热力学稳定性中起重要作用,亲水性M-CD和HP-CD将EHDAB增溶在水中,提高了EHDAB分子的紫外吸收程度,M-CD和HP-CD空腔抑制了光诱导EHDAB分子内扭转电荷转移,显著提高了EHDAB的光化学稳定性,增强了其抗氧化性,降低了酸碱性水解程度,包结物的热稳定性与所用主体环糊精相当.     

修饰β-环糊精／4-（N，N-二甲氨基）-苯甲酸-2′-乙基己基酯笼型包结物研究

用分子光谱法研究了甲基-β-环糊精(M-CD)和羟丙基-β-环糊精(HP-CD)与4-(N,N-二甲氨基)-苯甲酸-2′-乙基己基酯(EHDAB)分子间的包结作用.结果表明,柔性的2′-乙基己基和刚性的芳香端都包结在M-CD和HP-CD空腔中,形成了2∶1笼型主-客体包结物.疏水性2′-乙基己基在包结物的热力学稳定性中起重要作用,亲水性M-CD和HP-CD将EHDAB增溶在水中,提高了EHDAB分子的紫外吸收程度,M-CD和HP-CD空腔抑制了光诱导EHDAB分子内扭转电荷转移,显著提高了EHDAB的光化学稳定性,增强了其抗氧化性,降低了酸碱性水解程度,包结物的热稳定性与所用主体环糊精相当.     

双烃链表面活性剂的聚集行为及其应用

介绍了双烃链表面活性剂的基本性质、分类及其在纳米材料和生命科学等领域的某些应用, 并以二(2-乙基己基)琥珀酸酯磺酸钠(AOT)和二(2-乙基己基)磷酸钠(NaDEHP)为例, 介绍了二者的相行为, 反胶束的形成、性质等的差异, 并结合自己的工作探讨了二者与大分子的相互作用.     

3,6-二(蒽醌-2-乙烯基)-N-乙基咔唑的合成及光谱性质研究

利用N-乙基咔唑和2-甲基蒽醌合成了一种A-π-D-π-A分子内电荷转移型化合物3,6-二(蒽醌-2-乙烯基)-N-乙基咔唑,并对该化合物的光化学和光物理行为进行了研究。荧光光谱表明,该化合物的发光行为对溶剂的极性非常敏感,随着溶剂极性的增大,其荧光最大发射峰有明显红移,并在强极性溶剂乙腈中出现了双荧光现象。该化合物的激发态和基态的偶极矩差值△μ为3.014D,发生了从给体(咔唑基)的N原子到分子两端受体(蒽醌)的羰基的分子内电荷转移。     

Location of Solubilization of 2′-ethylhexyl Salicylate in Micelles

Absorption and excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorescence of 2′-ethylhexyl salicylate (EHS) were examined in the presence of cationic, non-ionic, and anionic surfactants. It was found that linear EHS molecule was solubilized in micelles with its flexible and hydrophobic 2′-ethylhexyl chain toward the micellar core and with its rigid salicyl moiety toward the micelle-water interface. The UV absorption of EHS was improved and the intramolecular hydrogen bonding formation of EHS was favored, resulting in greatly enhanced ESIPT fluorescence. The excited EHS molecules decay via visible luminescence and non-radiative deactivation. The binding sites of EHS in micelles were explained at a molecular level in terms of molecular structures and sizes of EHS and surfactants. Dynamic fluorescence quenching and spectral measurements of ester hydrolysis of EHS provide further evidences for the binding sites of EHS in different micelles.     

Spectral Properties and Solubilization Location of 2'-Ethylhexyl 4-(N,N-Dimethylamino)benzoate in Micelles

Dual fluorescence and UV absorption of 2'-ethylhexyl 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzoate (EHDMAB) were investigated in cationic, non-ionic and anionic micelles. When EHDMAB was solubilized in different micelles, the UV absorption of EHDMAB was enhanced. Twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) emission with longer wavelength was observed in ionic micelles, whereas TICT emission with shorter wavelength was obtained in non-ionic micelles. In particular, dual fluorescence of EHDMAB was significantly quenched by the positively charged pyridinium ions arranged in the Stern layer of cationic micelles. UV radiation absorbed mainly decays via TICT emission and radiationless deactivation. The dimethylamino group of EHDMAB experiences different polar environments in ionic and non-ionic micelles according to the polarity dependence of TICT emission of EHDMAB in organic solvents. In terms of the molecular structures and sizes of EHDMAB and surfactants, each individual EHDMAB molecule should be buried in micelles with its dimethylamino group toward the polar head groups of different micelles and with its 2'-ethylhexyl chain toward the hydrophobic micellar core. Dynamic fluorescence quenching measurements of EHDMAB provide further support for the location of EHDMAB in different micelles.     

On the fluorescence of methyl salicylate: the significance of its IMHB

The two forms of methyl salicylate bearing an intramolecular hydrogen bond (IMHB) are responsible for the three fluorescence emissions produced by this compound on electronic excitation in inert media. Whereas the form possessing an IMHB between its hydroxyl group and ether oxygen undergoes no excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) in its first excited electronic state, that with an IMHB involving the carbonyl oxygen exhibits ESIPT with near-unity efficiency. Whereas the former species exhibits standard photophysical behaviour, the latter species exhibits two fluorescence emissions from the same electronic excited state; a photophysical scheme is proposed, which brings together all the available photophysical evidence for methyl salicylate in inert media.     

Sensing micelle hydration by proton-transfer dynamics of a 3-hydroxychromone dye: role of the surfactant headgroup and chain length

The dynamics of the excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer (ESIPT) reaction of 2-(2'-furyl)-3-hydroxychromone (FHC) was studied in micelles by time-resolved fluorescence. The proton-transfer dynamics of FHC was found to be sensitive to the hydration and charge of the micelles, demonstrated through a decrease of the ESIPT rate constant (k(PT)) in the sequence cationic → nonionic → anionic micelles. A remarkably slow ESIPT with a time constant (τ(PT)) of ~100 ps was observed in the anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate and sodium tetradecyl sulfate micelles, whereas it was quite fast (τ(PT) ≈ 15 ps) in the cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide micelles. In the nonionic micelles of Brij-78, Brij-58, Tween-80, and Tween-20, ESIPT occurred with time constants (τ(PT) ≈ 35-65 ps) intermediate between those of the cationic and anionic micelles. The slower ESIPT dynamics in the anionic micelles than the cationic micelles is attributed to a relatively stronger hydration of the negatively charged headgroups of the former than the positively charged headgroups of the latter, which significantly weakens the intramolecular hydrogen bond of FHC in the Stern layer of the anionic micelles compared to the latter. In addition, electrostatic attraction between the positively charged -N(CH(3))(3)(+) headgroups and the negatively charged 4-carbonyl moiety of FHC effectively screens the intramolecular hydrogen bond from the perturbation of water molecules in the micelle-water interface of the cationic micelles, whereas in the anionic micelles, this screening of the intramolecular hydrogen bond is much less efficient due to an electrostatic repulsion between its negatively charged -OSO(3)(-) headgroups and the 4-carbonyl moiety. As for the nonionic micelles, a moderate level of hydration, and the absence of any charged headgroups, causes an ESIPT dynamics faster than that of the anionic but slower than that of the cationic micelles. Furthermore, the ESIPT rate decreased with a decrease of the hydrophobic chain length of the surfactants due to the stronger hydration of the micelles of shorter chain surfactants than those of longer chain surfactants, arising from a less compact packing of the former surfactants compared to the latter surfactants.     

黄芩素激发态分子内质予转移耦合电荷转移反应的实验和理论研究

通过稳态光谱实验和量子化学计算相结合,研究了黄芩素激发态质子转移耦合电荷转移的反应. 实验和计算中S1态吸收峰的缺失表明S1态是暗态. S1暗态导致在实验中观察不到黄芩素在乙醇溶液中的荧光峰,且固体的荧光峰很弱. 黄芩素分子的前线分子轨道和电荷差异密度表明S1态是电荷转移态,然而S2态是局域激发态. 计算的黄芩素分子的势能曲线在激发态只有一个稳定点,这表明了黄芩素激发态分子内质子转移的过程是一个无能垒的过程.     

Comparative study of the photophysical behavior of fisetin in homogeneous media and in anionic and cationic reverse micelles media

The 3,3', 4',7 tetrahydroxiflavone (fisetin) is a natural therapeutically active and fluorescent polyhydroxyflavone, with important spectroscopic and biological behavior. Fisetin shows dual emission, with a normal band (N) from the S1 --> S0 transition and the one generated in the excited state (phototautomer; PT) from the intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process. The influence of different interfaces on the ESIPT process of fisetin was investigated in reverse micelles media (RMs) made of the anionic sodium 1,4-bis (2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) and cationic benzyl n-hexadecyl dimethylammonium chloride (BHDC) surfactants, in benzene. The studies were carried out by absorption, emission spectroscopy, steady-state anisotropy and time-resolved fluorescence measurements. Fisetin behavior was also investigated in homogeneous media with special emphasis in water and benzene, which are the polar core and the organic pseudofase in the RMs, respectively. In addition, the effect of concentration in benzene and the variation of the pH in water were studied. Fluorescence lifetime measurements show that in water the ESIPT process is independent on the concentration, while in benzene it was possible to detect fluorescent aggregate species (Nas) formed in the ground state. The effect of the pH in water allowed us to identify the anionic fisetin (A-) emission. The studies in RMs show that fisetin interacts specifically with the head of the surfactants, which always results in diminishing the emission of the PT. Also the formation of A- is detected particularly at W0 > 0. Appreciable high anisotropy values are obtained in RMs, as compared with those in fluid homogeneous media, which are independent of the water content confirming that fisetin molecules are anchored in the anionic as well as in the cationic interfaces.     

Fluorescent sensing of anions based on excited state intramolecular proton transfer in <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-(3-hydroxy-2-naphthamido)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-phenylthiourea

A neutral N-amidothiourea-based excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) anion receptor bearing an o-hydroxynaphthamide fluorophore and a thiourea binding site, N-(3-hydroxy-2-naphthamide)-N′-phenylthiourea (1a), was designed and synthesized. Fluorescence and absorption response of 1a toward anions were assessed in acetonitrile. IR and NMR experiments indicated that the “OH⋯O=C” intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB) in 1a was weak so that it only exhibited the short-wavelength normal emission other than ESIPT fluorescence. Due to the high anion binding affinity of the N-amidothiourea binding site and the formation of a hydrogen binding network in the 1a-anion complex, 1a underwent structural change upon anion binding that strengthens the “OH⋯O=C” IHB, leading to the ESIPT and the observation of the long-wavelength ESIPT emission whereas the normal fluorescence is quenched. On the basis of NMR and fluorescence titrations and control experiments with model compounds, a sensing mechanism of the anion-binding-induced ESIPT was proposed. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20425518, 20675069 & 20835005) and the National Fund for Fostering Talents of Basic Science (Grant No. J0630429)     

Theoretical investigation of the photophysics of methyl salicylate isomers

The photophysics of methyl salicylate (MS) isomers has been studied using time-dependent density functional theory and large basis sets. First electronic singlet and triplet excited states energies, structure, and vibrational analysis were calculated for the ketoB, enol, and ketoA isomers. It is demonstrated that the photochemical pathway involving excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) from the ketoB to the enol tautomer agrees well with the dual fluorescence in near-UV (from ketoB) and blue (from enol) wavelengths obtained from experiments. Our calculation confirms the existence of a double minimum in the excited state pathway along the O-H-O coordinate corresponding to two preferred energy regions: (1) the hydrogen belongs to the OH moiety and the structure of methyl salicylate is ketoB; (2) the hydrogen flips to the closest carboxyl entailing electronic rearrangement and tautomerization to the enol structure. This double well in the excited state is highly asymmetric. The Franck-Condon vibrational overlap is calculated and accounts for the broadening of the two bands. It is suggested that forward and backward ESIPT through the barrier separating the two minima is temperature-dependent and affects the intensity of the fluorescence as seen in experiments. When the enol fluoresces and returns to its ground state, a barrier-less back proton transfer repopulates the ground state of methyl salicylate ketoB. It is also demonstrated that the rotamer ketoA is not stable in an excited state close to the desired emission wavelength. This observation eliminates the conjecture that the near-UV emission of the dual fluorescence originates from the ketoA rotamer. New experimental results for pure MS in the liquid state are reported and theoretical results compared to them.     

Janus-Type ESIPT Chromophores with Distinctive Intramolecular Hydrogen-bonding Selectivity

Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT)-based solid luminescent materials with multiple hydrogen bond acceptors (HBAs) remain unexplored. Herein, we introduced a family of Janus-type ESIPT chromophores featuring distinctive hydrogen bond (H-bond) selectivity between competitive HBAs in a single molecule. Our investigations showed that the central hydroxyl group preferentially forms intramolecular H-bonds with imines in imine-modified 2-hydroxyphenyl benzothiazole (HBT) chromophores but tethers the benzothiazole moiety in hydrazone-modified HBT chromophores. Imine-derived HBTs generally exhibit higher fluorescence efficiency, while hydrazone-derived HBTs show a reduced overlap between the absorption and fluorescence bands. Quantum chemical calculations unveiled the molecular origins of the biased intramolecular H-bonds and their impact on the ESIPT process. This Janus-type ESIPT chromophore skeleton provides new opportunities for the design of solid luminescent materials.