A new coumarin laser dye 3-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-7-hydroxycoumarin

The electronic absorption, and emission spectra as well as fluorescence quantum yield of 3-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-7-hydroxycoumarin (BTHC) were measured in different solvents and are affected by solvent polarity (Δf). The deprotonation of BTHC by triethylamine is a reversible process. BTHC is relatively photostable, the quantum yield of photodecomposition (φ_c) was found to be 2×10⁻⁴ and 2.7×10⁻⁴ in EtOH and DMF, respectively. The fluorescence lifetimes of BTHC were measured in the absence and in the presence of molecular oxygen and were found to be 2.82 and 2.78 ns, respectively. BTHC acts as good laser dye upon pumping with nitrogen laser (λ_ex=337.1 nm) in ethanol and gives laser emission with maxima at 508 and 522 nm.     

Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering study of the red dye laccaic acid

FT‐Raman and surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy were applied to the study of lac dye, a highly fluorescent anthraquinone red dye. The SERS spectra were obtained at different pH values, on Ag nanoparticles prepared by chemical reduction with citrate and hydroxylamine, and at several excitation wavelengths, in order to find the best experimental conditions for the detection of the lac dye. The lower detection limit was achieved using nanoparticles prepared by reduction with hydroxylamine, excitation at 514.5 nm, and slightly acidic pH conditions, thus exploiting a combination of factors including lower electrostatic repulsion between dye and nanoparticles and resonance Raman enhancement. A comparison between the adsorption of laccaic acid (LA) and carminic acid (CA), another anthraquinone red dye, was also done, based on the SERS spectra of both dyes. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Application of ZnO nanorods loaded on activated carbon for ultrasonic assisted dyes removal: Experimental design and derivative spectrophotometry method

A method based on application of ZnO nanorods loaded on activated carbon (ZnO-NRs-AC) for adsorption of Bromocresol Green (BCG) and Eosin Y (EY) accelerated by ultrasound was described. The present material was synthesized under ultrasound assisted wet-chemical method and subsequently was characterized by FE-SEM, TEM, BET and XRD analysis. The extent of contribution of conventional variables like pH (2.0–10.0), BCG concentration (4–20 mg L⁻¹), EY concentration (3–23 mg L⁻¹), adsorbent dosage (0.01–0.03 g), sonication time (1–5 min) and centrifuge time (2–6 min) as main and interaction part were investigated by central composite design under response surface methodology. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was adapted to experimental data and guide the best operational conditions mass by set at 6.0, 9 mg L⁻¹, 10 mg L⁻¹, 0.02 g, 4 and 4 min for pH, BCG concentration, EY concentration, adsorbent dosage, sonication and centrifuge time, respectively. At these specified conditions dye adsorption efficiency was higher than 99.5%. The suitability and well prediction of optimum point was tested by conducting five experiments and respective results revel that RSD% was lower than 3% and high quality of fitting was confirmed by t-test. The experimental data were best fitted in Langmuir isotherm equation and the removal followed pseudo second order kinetics. The experimentally obtained maximum adsorption capacities were estimated as 57.80 and 61.73 mg g⁻¹ of ZnO-NRs-AC for BCG and EY respectively from binary dye solutions. The mechanism of removal was explained by boundary layer diffusion via intraparticle diffusion.     

Energy transfer studies in dye mixtures in different solvent environments

The energy transfer mechanism in C 540–rhodamine 6G and C 540–rhodamine B donor–acceptor (D–A) pairs is investigated. The good spectral overlap and the proximity of D–A pair molecules, which is around 60 Å, denote the possibility of resonance energy transfer between the D–A pairs. Energy transfer is studied in two solvent environments. C 540–Rh 6G and C 540–RhB D–A pairs behave in quite different manner in different solvent environments.     

不同发光染料的顶发射有机电致发光器件的研制

通过设计合理的微腔结构,制备了基于绿光染料C545t、黄光染料Rubrene、红光染料DCJTB的3种顶发射有机电致发光器件。研究了不同发光染料对顶发射器件的光谱的影响。研究表明,微腔结构对光谱具有窄化作用。绿光、黄光器件的发光峰波长并未随视角增大而明显变化,体现出良好的光谱角度性,而红光器件却出现了明显的光谱蓝移现象。绿光器件的最大功率效率为8.7 lm/W,当电流密度为45 m A/cm2时,亮度能达到7 205 cd/m2;黄光器件的电流效率最大值为11.5 cd/A,当电流密度为48 m A/cm2时,亮度可达到3 770 cd/m2;红光器件的电流效率最大能达到3.54 cd/A,当电流密度为50 m A/cm2时,可获得1 358 cd/m2的亮度。采用合适的发光材料以及合适的器件结构,不仅可以提高顶发射器件的色纯度及发光效率,还可以改善器件发光光谱的角度依赖性。     

Preparation of lucifer yellow fluorescent liposomes: A method for cells' membrane labeling

This report describes a method to conjugate lucifer yellow to the external surface of liposomes. The heterobifunctional cross-linking reagentN-succinimidyl 3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate has been used to activate DMPE molecules. The DMPE-dithiopyridine product has been mixed with DMPC to prepare liposome vesicles. These have been reduced by DTT and finally reacted with lucifer yellow-iodoacetamide to produce the fluorescence-labeled vesicles. The quenching of their fluorescence intensity by Kl is consistent with fully exposed fluorophores. The decay of the fluorescence intensity of the lipid-bound lucifer yellow is biexponential (₁=7.9 ns; ₂=1.1 ns), with a relative yield of 0.16. When the fluorescent liposomes are mixed with cells, the lucifer yellow-DMPE derivative is transferred. Boar spermatozoa and peripheral human blood lymphocytes have been used as cellular models. The extent of incorporation is dependent on the incubation time and temperature. At 36°C, lucifer yellow fluorescence appears in the spermatozoa cells after 10 min of incubation and reaches its maximum at about 60 min. The fluorescent phospholipid derivative seems to incorporate specifically into membrane structures. The highest labeling ratio is observed with integer, scarcely motile, spermatozoa. A poorer labeling yield (15%) is found with lymphocytes. Interestingly, photobleaching due to epiillumination of the labeled cells is apparently negligible and cells are clearly visible after irradiation times ranging from several minutes to few hours.A preliminary account of this work was presented at the Quarto Simposio su Biotecnologie Biochimiche, Capri, 28–30 June 1992.     

Cr,Ag共掺杂ZnS纳米材料的制备及其对活性染料的吸附性能

通过水热法制备了纤锌矿ZnS∶Cr,Ag共掺杂纳米材料,考察了不同反应时间以及不同Cr和Ag掺杂比例对ZnS纳米材料光学性能的影响。分别采用荧光分光光度计、红外光谱仪、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等对Cr和Ag共掺杂ZnS纳米材料的光学性能和结构等进行了表征,探讨了ZnS∶Cr, Ag共掺杂纳米材料分别对甲基紫(MV)、丁基罗丹明B(BRB),四氯四溴荧光素(TCTBF)以及曙红B(EB)四种活性染料的吸附性能。结果表明,Cr3+和Ag+取代和嵌入到了Zn2+的位置,掺入到了ZnS的晶格中。由光学表征和扫描电镜(SEM)发现,掺杂后ZnS纳米材料的光学性能和形貌发生了改变。掺入Cr和Ag后,使得Zn纳米材料的荧光强度降低,且其形貌较规则,表面蓬松,呈绒球形状。当反应时间为12 h,Cr和Ag掺杂比例分别为1%时,掺杂ZnS纳米材料的形貌和光学性能最佳。运用N₂等温吸脱附分析技术计算了Cr和Ag共掺杂ZnS材料的比表面积和孔径分布,将其用于对MV,BRB,TCTBF以及EB四种活性染料的吸附研究,并分别从吸附时间、温度、pH值等因素考察了掺杂ZnS对几种活性染料吸附性能的影响,得出了Cr和Ag共掺杂ZnS材料在pH 7,室温下,分别经9,11,9和9 h吸附时间后对四种活性染料的吸附效果达到最佳。     

Hydrophobicity effect on interactions between organic molecules in nanocages of surfactant micelle

Interactions between the cationic polymethine dyes 3,3′-diethyloxacarbocyanaine iodide (DiOC₂), 3,3′-dioctadecyloxacarbocyanine iodide (DiOC₁₈), and 1,1′-dioctadecyl-3,3,3′,3′-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiI) in the nano-scale volume of anionic sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) micelles have been studied using optical spectroscopy techniques. The solubilization of pairs of dye molecules (DiOC₁₈/DiI or DiOC₂/DiI) within SDS micelles was monitored by Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the dyes in each pair. The influence of the hydrophobicity of the dyes DiOC₂ and DiOC₁₈ on the efficiency of their binding to SDS micelles and, consequently, on the efficiency of FRET between DiOC₁₈ and DiI or DiOC₂ and DiI fluorophors has been analyzed. It has been shown that hydrophobic interactions in addition to electrostatic interactions are of key importance for the binding between the positively charged dyes and negatively charged surfactant micelles. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 646–652, September–October, 2008.     

Synthesis of tunable core–shell nanostructures based on TiO2-graphene architectures and their application in the photodegradation of rhodamine dyes

We present the synthesis of core–shell nanostructural materials with multi-component architectures based on TiO₂ and graphitic layers. The composites have been synthesized by chemical vapor deposition with methane as the carbon source, for 5, 10, 30 and 45 min. The final products were characterized by a combination of analytical approaches which include: electron microscopy, Raman, FT-IR and UV–vis spectroscopy as well as thermogravimetric analysis. The amount of graphene shells covering the TiO₂ surfaces was found to vary linearly with the reaction time. Furthermore, the compounds were shown to have excellent stability and photocatalytic activity towards the UV degradation of rhodamine (RhB) dye solution at room temperature. These composites could have major applications in the area of environmental cleaning of various pollutants, electrochemistry or nanomedicine.     

Photophysical Characterization of New 3-Amino and 3-Acetamido BODIPY Dyes with Solvent Sensitive Properties

The structural, electronic and photophysical properties of three new asymmetric, highly fluorescent difluoroborondipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes, bearing an amino or an acetamido group at position 3 of the chromophoric core, have been studied in different apolar, polar and polar/protic solvents. The presence of the 3-amido group extents the delocalization of the π-system, leading to bathochromic shifts in the absorption and fluorescence bands, as predicted by quantum mechanic calculations. The 3-amino dye shows photophysical properties highly dependent on the solvent polarity and acidity, and is characterized by a hypsochromic shift of its absorption band, with regard to the corresponding acetylated dye, as well as a low fluorescence quantum yield in acid media with proton concentration lower than 4 × 10⁻⁴ M. In media with higher proton concentration, the BF₂ bridge group of the 3-amino dye is removed, yielding the corresponding non-fluorescent dipyrromethene precursor. These results suggest that the 3-amino dye could be used as a fluorescence probe for the study of the acidity of different environments.