染料掺杂有机改性硅酸盐的制备与光谱特性

1988年Pavlopoulos等人发现1,3,5,7-四甲基吡咯亚甲基BF₂化合物是一个性能优良的激光染料^[1].它的荧光量子效率高,激光效率比香豆素540A高10%,并具有低的三重态吸收和高的光化学稳定性.因此,在染料激光、生物荧光探针、光动力疗法等方面都有潜在的应用背景^[2~4].     

一种新型香豆素酮可见光敏化染料的合成及其光引发性质的研究

高效的可见光光敏引发体系是目前光聚合研究中的重要领域.3,3′-二(7-二乙胺基)香豆素酮(R)已被公认为一种高效的可见光聚合敏化染料,并可以与Ar⁺激光488 nm波长匹配.本文新合成了一种染料3-(4-二乙胺基-苯丙烯酰基)-7-二乙胺基香豆素(S).实验发现在普通碘钨灯照射下,S/邻氯六芳基双咪唑(HABI)体系具有比已有高效染料R/HABI体系更快的光漂白速度和更高的引发聚合效率,是一种新型高效的可见光光敏聚合引发体系.而且S在不同溶剂中的最大吸收波长在452～489 nm之间,比R红移16～30 nm,因此该体系可以更好地与Ar⁺ (488 nm)激光器匹配.本文对该染料的光敏化机理进行了探讨.     

8位取代吡咯甲川-BF_2化合物的光物理行为

90年代以来 ,人们先后发现了吡咯甲川- BF2化合物在许多领域的重要应用价值 ,如染料激光领域 ,与传统的香豆素、罗丹明及多甲川菁类化合物相比 ,它们具有激光效率高、光稳定性好、溶解度合适等无可比拟的优点 [1～ 3],目前已有数种商品染料问世 .在有机固体激光领域 ,将它们和以 PMMA等为基质的高分子材料掺杂后，得到的固体激光材料拥有相当高的能量转换效率和使用寿命 [4～ 6]，经过合理的结构改造 ,在激光医学领域也获得了一类极具开发潜力的用于肿瘤的激光光动力疗法（ photodynamic therapy）的吡咯甲川- BF2型新型光敏药物 ,据…     

新型香豆素酮类不对称双光子染料的合成及其光物理性质

本文以二苯乙烯和香豆素为共轭桥,二乙氨基为电子给体,羰基为电子受体,合成了一个具有D-π₁-A-π₂-D结构的香豆素酮类双光子染料C3.用紫外-可见光谱、荧光光谱研究了该化合物的光物理性质.发现在光作用下C3很容易发生分子内电荷转移,进而转变为扭曲的分子内电荷转移,产生很大的偶极矩变化.以飞秒脉冲激光为激发光源,用上转换荧光法测定了其双光子吸收截面.在激发波长为850 nm时,新化合物的双光子吸收截面值达1292 GM,比同系列香豆素酮衍生物C1、C2的双光子吸收截面值高一到两个数量级.     

阴离子碳菁染料的合成与聚集动力学研究

自从1938年,Scheibe^[1]发现了菁染料聚集体中的能量传递现象,人们对菁染料的聚集行为展开了大量的研究^[2,3].由于菁染料聚集体对乳剂具有特殊的增感作用,人们主要研究聚集体在乳剂中的增感机理^[4,5]以及菁染料聚集的溶剂效应与浓度效应^[6]等,而对于菁染料聚集的动力学行为研究较少.     

新型苯并香豆素醛的设计合成及光物理性质研究

设计合成了具有较长发射波长的苯并香豆素醛--8-二乙氨基-2-氧-2H-苯并香豆素醛(BCA),通过吸收和荧光光谱研究其在不同溶剂中的光物理性质.结果表明,BCA具有明显的溶致变色效应和宽的颜色变化范围.随着溶剂极性的增加,其荧光发射可从蓝绿光变到红光,而荧光量子效率则从0.98减小到0.26.     

香豆素晶体的光二聚——基态非局部化学控制反应的首例

香豆素及其衍生物有重要的生理活性,对此早期已开展了详尽的研究^[1],对它的光化学性能也有些报道^[2-3]。随着实验手段及检测仪器的进步,不断发现有关香豆素光化学的一些新现象和实验结果,并不断修正过去的报道。Hammond等^[4]报道香豆素在极性溶剂中(乙醇等),直接光解,生成syn-cis二聚体,在非极性溶剂中,未发现二聚体。     

新型偶氮化合物光致变色的研究

具有光致变色现象的有机化合物近年来一直为世人所关注.这是因为此类化合物在光信息存储材料方面具有潜在的应用价值.偶氮化合物作为一类重要的染料,已广泛地被人们从温度、溶剂、及光照波长等许多方面进行过研究^[1-3].     

以亚甲基链桥联的手性联萘酚香豆素衍生物的合成与性质

香豆素类衍生物作为一类重要的香料和有机荧光发色体,以及作为一类具有抗病毒、抗肿瘤等生物活性的化合物,一直被人们所重视.香豆素及其衍生物在溶液中的光二聚反应已经被人们广泛研究[1],已经知道,香豆素类衍生物在波长大于300 nm的光激发下,能发生光环合反应,生成[2+2]的二聚体,这种光二聚体在波长小于300 nm的光激发下又能裂解.     

α，ω－双香豆素长链化合物光二聚反应的影响因素

对α，ω－双香豆素长链化合物光二聚反应中盐效应、溶剂效应、粘度效应及连接体的长度和柔顺性等因素的影响进行了研究。借助１ＨＮＭＲ谱、ＵＶ吸收谱、荧光光谱分别对α，ω－双香豆素长链化合物在不同条件下的构象进行了分析，并解释了不同条件下的光二聚行为     

Effects of flunitrazepam on the Lalpha-H(II) phase transition of phosphatidylethanolamine using merocyanine 540 as a fluorescent indicator

Previous studies of our group demonstrated that flunitrazepam is a lipophilic drug capable of interacting with membranes through a partition equilibrium phenomenon. Its localization at the phospholipid polar head region could explain the decrease in the size of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (dpPC) vesicles, through a mechanism that involves the increment in the relative volume of this region with a subsequent increase in the vesicle's surface curvature. In the present work, we investigated if flunitrazepam can affect the L(alpha)-H(II) phase transition of phosphatidylethanolamine through a similar mechanism. This study was approached by using merocyanine 540, a dye sensitive to the molecular packing of membrane lipids. A detailed analysis of merocyanine absorption and fluorescence emission and excitation spectra was performed. The results indicated that the fluorescence emitted came mainly from the monomeric form of merocyanine and that it resulted a good indicator of this phase transition, as was previously described. Flunitrazepam did not affect significantly the onset of the phase transition but showed a tendency to diminish the dye fluorescence emission intensity, which could involve a lower partition of merocyanine in the vesicles. Moreover, the results suggest that this drug produced a delay in the completeness of the phase transition and a decrement in the cooperativity of this phenomenon.     

Solvatochromic behavior on the absorption and fluorescence spectra of Rose Bengal dye in various solvents

The absorption and fluorescence spectra of Rose Bengal dye were studied in various solvents. It was found that solvent effects on the absorption wavelength are consistent with the solvatochromic model of Kamlet, Abboud and Taft. The solvent polarizability value pi* was found to have a linear relationship with the absorption wavelength of the dye in various solvents. Additionally, the normalized transition energy value (E(T)(N)) showed some scattering when plotted versus Deltanu(af). Density functional calculations were used to assign the absorption in the region 540-570 nm to a pi-pi* transition between the HOMO and LUMO of the anion. Experimental ground state and excited state dipole moments were calculated by using the solvatochromatic shifts of absorption and fluorescence spectra as a function of the dielectric constant (epsilon) and refractive index (n). The dipole moment for Rose Bengal was found to be 1.72 Debye in the ground state, whereas this value was 2.33 Debye in the excited state.     

Effect of TiO2 colloids on the fluorescence behavior of two cyanine dyes

The photophysical properties of two typical cyanine dyes [3,3'-diethyl-9-methyl-thiacarbocyanine iodide (dye A) and anhydro-3,3'-disulfopropyl-5,5'-diphenyl-9-ethyloxacarbocyanine hydroxide (dye B)] in the absence and presence of TiO(2) colloids have been investigated by UV-visible spectroscopy, (1)H-NMR spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence lifetime measurements, and ESR measurements. It was found from the absorption spectra and NMR results that there are two isomers in the ground state of these dyes. Steady-state fluorescence spectra show that the fluorescence intensities of dye A and dye B are enhanced and quenched by TiO(2) colloids, respectively. Time-resolved fluorescence lifetime measurements indicate that the lifetimes of dye A and dye B in the presence of TiO(2) colloids are longer and shorter than those obtained in the absence of TiO(2) colloids, respectively. ESR measurements demonstrate that the electron transfer efficiency from (1)dye B* to the conduction band of TiO(2) is much larger than that from (1)dye A* to the conduction band of TiO(2). The different fluorescence behavior of dye A and dye B can be intepreted in terms of whether phi(Tr,nr)(0)-phi(Tr,nr) (the reduction of the quantum yield for radiationless transition in the excited singlet state (1)dye* caused by the TiO(2) colloids) is larger or smaller than phi(ET) (the quantum yield of electron transfer from (1)dye* to the conduction band of TiO(2) colloids).     

Quenching and blinking of fluorescence of a single dye molecule bound to gold nanoparticles

A fluorescein derivative (SAMSA) bound to gold nanoparticles of different diameters is investigated by time-resolved fluorescence at the single molecule level in a wide dynamic range, from nanosecond to second time scale. The significant decrease of both SAMSA excited state lifetime and fluorescence quantum yield observed upon binding to gold nanoparticles can be essentially traced back to an increase of the nonradiative deactivation rate, probably due to energy transfer, that depends on the nanoparticle size. A slow single molecule fluorescence blinking, in the ms time scale, has a marked dependence on the excitation intensity both under single and under two photon excitation. The blinking dynamics is limited by a low probability nonlinear excitation to a high energy state from which a transition to a dark state occurs. The results point out a strong coupling between the vibro-electronic configuration of the dye and the plasmonic features of the metal nanoparticles that provide dye radiationless deactivation channels on a wide dynamic range.     

Fluorescence lifetime fluctuations of single molecules probe the local environment of oligomers around the glass transition temperature

Single molecule fluorescence experiments have been performed on a BODIPY-based dye embedded in oligo(styrene) matrices to probe the density fluctuations and the relaxation dynamics of chain segments surrounding the dye molecules. The time-dependent fluorescence lifetime of the BODIPY probe was recorded as an observable for the local density fluctuations. At room temperature, the mean fraction of holes surrounding the probes is shown to be unaffected by the molecular weight in the glassy state. In contrast, the free volume increases significantly in the supercooled regime. These observations are discussed in the framework of the entropic theories of the glass transition.     

Microviscosity in poly(ethylene oxide)‐polypropylene oxide‐poly(ethylene oxide) block copolymers probed by fluorescence depolarization kinetics

Triblock copolymers [poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polypropylene oxide (PPO)], Pluronic F127 with 100 PEO blocks on each end, and 65 blocks of PPO in the center were examined in aqueous solution. The “sol” and “gel” phase diagram was determined as a function of concentration and temperature. For further study, the concentration was fixed at 20 wt %, and the temperature dependence of the dynamic viscosity differed from the temperature dependence of fluorescence emission spectra and the microviscosity probed by the fluorescence depolarization kinetics of rhodamine 123 dye, which was dissolved in the continuous hydrophilic phase. The depolarization measurements used single‐photon counting after two‐photon excitation with a Ti‐sapphire femtosecond laser. Although the viscoelastic modulus increased by an order of magnitude when the sol‐to‐gel transition was crossed, the microviscosity of the hydrophilic continuous medium showed only minor changes. At different temperatures the fluorescence lifetime was the same with a single‐exponential time constant, but the fluorescence depolarization displayed a double‐exponential decay. After comparison with fluorescence depolarization of the dye in PPO melt and PEO whose molecular weight and aqueous concentrations were varied, the relative proportions of faster and slower components of the fluorescence depolarization were tentatively attributed to varying ratios of the dye in free solution and associated with micelles. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 2883–2888, 2002     

Can luminescent quantum dots be efficient energy acceptors with organic dye donors?

We assessed the ability of luminescent quantum dots (QDs) to function as energy acceptors in fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) assays, with organic dyes serving as donors. Either AlexaFluor 488 or Cy3 dye was attached to maltose binding protein (MBP) and used with various QD acceptors. Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements showed no apparent FRET from dye to QD. We attribute these observations to the dominance of a fast radiative decay rate of the donor excitation relative to a slow FRET decay rate. This is due to the long exciton lifetime of the acceptor compared to that of the dye, combined with substantial QD direct excitation.     

Preparation and properties of vesicles from condensable amphiphilic amino acids

Three double‐chain amphiphiles with amino acid groups as hydrophilic moiety were synthesized. These amphiphiles can be easily dispersed in buffer solution to form transparent dispersion. Examination of the dispersion by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed the formation of stable vesicular aggregates, which was also confirmed by the ability to encapsulate water‐soluble dyes. Since amino acid groups are located on the surface of the vesicles, water‐soluble carbodiimide can induce the condensation of these groups to form peptide. The phase transition temperatures of these vesicles were estimated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and a decrease of phase transition temperature was observed after polycondensation due to the disturbance of the ordered arrangement of the hydrophobic chains. The leakage rate of the vesicles before and after condensation was studied by monitoring the increase of fluorescence intensity of water‐soluble dye. These vesicles belong to the least permeable ones and the leakage rate can be controlled by varying the degree of condensation or the temperature.     

Fluorescence quenching induced by conformational fluctuations in unsolvated polypeptides

Time-resolved measurements were conducted to relate the fluorescence lifetimes of dye-derivatized polypeptides to local conformational dynamics in trapped, unsolvated peptide ions. This research was performed to better understand the intramolecular interactions leading to the observed increase of fluorescence quenching with temperature and, in particular, how this quenching is related to conformational fluctuations. Dye-derivatized polyproline ions, Dye-[Pro] n -Arg (+)-Trp, are formed by electrospray ionization and trapped in a variable-temperature quadrupole ion trap where they are exposed to a pulsed laser which excites fluorescence. Lifetime data exhibit fluorescence quenching as a result of an interaction between the dye and tryptophan (Trp) side chain. This result is consistent with solution measurements performed for comparison. The lifetime temperature dependence is closely fit over the range 150-463 K by an Arrhenius model of the ensemble averaged quenching rate, k q. Model fits of the measured lifetimes yield a frequency prefactor of approximately 10 (11) s (-1) for k q characteristic of collective motions of the side chains identified in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The data fits also yield activation barriers of approximately 0.3 eV, which are comparable to intramolecular electrostatic interactions calculated between the unshielded charge on the Arg residue and the dye. As a result, the quenching rate appears to be determined by the rate of conformational fluctuations and not by the rate of a specific quenching mechanism. The peptide sequence of Dye-Trp-[Pro] n -Arg (+) was also studied and identified a dependence of the quenching rate on the electrostatic field in the vicinity of the dye, Trp pair. Molecular dynamics simulations were performed over the range of experimental measurements to study trajectories relevant to the quenching interaction. The MD simulations indicate that as the temperature is increased, conformational fluctuations in the presence of strong electrostatic fields of the charged Arg (+) residue can result in both (a) an increased number of dye and Trp separations <8 A and (b) increased exothermicity for electron transfer reactions between the dye and Trp. Consequently, the MD simulations are consistent with increased fluorescence quenching with temperature resulting from the occurrence of conformers having specific positions of the dye, Trp, and Arg (+). As a result, the fluorescence lifetime provides a local probe of conformational fluctuations averaged over the ion ensemble.     

Enhanced molecular fluorescence near thick Ag island film of large pseudotabular nanoparticles

A highly reflective thick Ag island film (TAIF) sputter-grown on mica, consisting of unique large pseudotabular nanoislands, 60-200 nm across and 30-60 nm thick, produced an unusually strong surface enhanced fluorescence (SEF) for rhodamine dyes situated very close to (only approximately 10 A away from) the metal surface. A significantly greater part of the enhanced fluorescence was emitted into the back half space through TAIF and the mica substrate. The detailed fluorescence angular distribution was very similar to that of the light scattering by TAIF, suggesting that the enhanced emission originated from some large induced dipoles in TAIF. For reference, we also present a quantitative analysis of the fluorescent behavior of the same dye but directly coated on a reference glass surface. TAIF showed no distinct dipolar surface plasmon-like bands for excitation at normal incidence, and the light absorption by dye-coated TAIF could be described by simple superposition of the contribution of TAIF and that of the surface-bound dyes. However, the net dye absorptance was increased by 4-5 times due to the strong interactions of the dye transition dipoles with the TAIF-scattered fields. The estimated SEF quantum yield in the low dye coverage limit suggests a markedly high radiative yield of the induced dipole in TAIF around approximately 0.5.