Heteroannihilation of the excited states of associates and monomers of fluorescein dyes on the silica surface at low temperatures

The processes of homo-and hetero-triplet—triplet annihilation (TTA) of Bengali rose on the spongy silicon surface have been investigated. It has been found that upon pulse photoexcitation on the silica surface photophysical processes involving the triplet states of monomers and their associates can develop. It has been shown that the processes of hetero-TTA are inhibited due to the decomposition of associates under the influence of hexane molecules in the molecular clusters of the dye adsorbates. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 734–737, November–December, 2005.     

Determination of Human Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) by Solid Substrate Room Temperature Phosphorescence Enzyme-Linked Immune Response Using Luminescent Nanoparticles

Luminescent nanoparticles of silicon dioxide (SiO₂) containing fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) with a particle size of 20 nm were synthesized using the Sol–Gel method (abbreviated FITC–SiO₂). FITC–SiO₂ nanoparticles whose surfaces are modified (FITC–SiO₂–S–CH₂COOH) can emit strong and stable solid substrate room temperature phosphorescence (SS-RTP) on acetyl cellulose membranes. When the original color-producing agent (R) in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits for determination of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) was substituted with (FITC–SiO₂–S–CH₂COOH), the system maintained good FITC–SiO₂ phosphorescence properties. Furthermore, the phosphorescence intensity enhanced markedly after the ELISA reaction. The relationship between the phosphorescence intensity and the content of AFP obeyed Beer’s law. Based on the facts stated above, a new method for the determination of human AFP by SS-RTP-ELISA (using the luminescent nanoparticle as marker) was established. The linear range of this method is 0.040–16.0 pg of human AFP per spot (sample volume: 0.40 μL spot⁻¹, corresponding concentration: 0.10–40.0 ng mL⁻¹). The regression equation of the working curve is ΔIp = −6.289+18.075 m_AFP (pg spot⁻¹) (r = 0.9960, n = 6). The detection limit (LD) of this method calculated by 3 S_b/k is 6.7 fg spot⁻¹ (corresponding concentration: 17 ng L⁻¹). Compared to the ELISA method using a traditional color-producing agent, the new method exhibited a 34.8 times higher sensitivity and a wider linear range. The method has been successfully applied to the determination of human AFP in serum.     

pH-Responsive N^C-Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes: Synthesis,Photophysical Properties,Computational Results,and Bioimaging Application

Herein we report four [Ir(N^C)₂(L^L)]ⁿ⁺, n = 0,1 complexes (1–4) containing cyclometallated N^C ligand (N^CH = 1-phenyl-2-(4-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole) and various bidentate L^L ligands (picolinic acid (1), 2,2′-bipyridine (2), [2,2′-bipyridine]-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid (3), and sodium 4,4′,4″,4‴-(1,2-phenylenebis(phosphanetriyl))tetrabenzenesulfonate (4). The N^CH ligand precursor and iridium complexes 1–4 were synthesized in good yield and characterized using chemical analysis, ESI mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopy. The solid-state structure of 2 was also determined by XRD analysis. The complexes display moderate to strong phosphorescence in the 550–670 nm range with the quantum yields up to 30% and lifetimes of the excited state up to 60 µs in deoxygenated solution. Emission properties of 1–4 and N^CH are strongly pH-dependent to give considerable variations in excitation and emission profiles accompanied by changes in emission efficiency and dynamics of the excited state. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD DFT) calculations made it possible to assign the nature of emissive excited states in both deprotonated and protonated forms of these molecules. The complexes 3 and 4 internalize into living CHO-K1 cells, localize in cytoplasmic vesicles, primarily in lysosomes and acidified endosomes, and demonstrate relatively low toxicity, showing more than 80% cells viability up to the concentration of 10 µM after 24 h incubation. Phosphorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (PLIM) experiments in these cells display lifetime distribution, the conversion of which into pH values using calibration curves gives the magnitudes of this parameter compatible with the physiologically relevant interval of the cell compartments pH.     

铝酸锶铕发光材料的研究进展

本文对铝酸锶铕长余辉发光材料的制备方法、光谱性质及发光机理等方面进行了概要综述,着重分析了近年来该材料的研究进展状况,对今后的深入研究提出了一些建议,并对其应用前景进行了展望。     

光响应超分子聚合物

超分子聚合物是超分子化学、高分子化学和材料化学领域的研究热点.将光响应的功能基团以非共价作用构筑到超分子聚合物体系中,得到光响应型超分子聚合物,从而能够将超分子聚合物的独特性质与光化学反应的优势有效地结合起来,从而构筑新型的光功能材料.本文总结了近年来本课题组有关光响应超分子聚合物方面的研究工作:介绍了主链型的光响应超分子聚合物的光调控组装和解离,超分子聚合物和共价聚合物的光控可逆切换和光调控组装形貌;另外还举例介绍了具有自修复和室温磷光发射等功能的侧链型光响应超分子聚合物,并对刺激-响应的超分子聚合物领域的发展做了展望.     

Eu2+,Dy3+共掺杂硼铝锶长余辉玻璃陶瓷

首次介绍了一种新型长余辉材料:Eu^2 ,Dy^3 共掺杂硼铝锶长余辉玻璃陶瓷，该玻璃陶瓷用紫外灯、日光、荧光灯均可激发，发射黄绿色余辉，余辉的发射峰位于516nm，来自于Eu^2 的5d→^8S7/2跃迁。用12000 lx的荧光灯激发样品20分钟，停止激发后10秒时，该玻璃陶瓷的余辉亮度为3．53cd/m^2，色坐标为：x=0.2842,y=0.5772;停止激发后5小时55分钟，该玻璃陶瓷的余辉亮度为0．01cd/m^2；停止激发30小时后，余辉在黑暗中仍肉眼可见。文中对该玻璃陶瓷的相关性质进行了表征，并提出了可能的长余辉机理。     

Unprecedented Homoleptic Bis‐Tridentate Iridium(III) Phosphors: Facile,Scaled‐Up Production,and Superior Chemical Stability

Bis‐tridentate Ir(III) metal complexes are expected to show great potential in organic light‐emitting diode (OLED) applications due to the anticipated, superb chemical and photochemical stability. Unfortunately, their exploitation has long been hampered by lack of adequate methodology and with inferior synthetic yields. This hurdle can be overcome by design of the first homoleptic, bis‐tridentate Ir(III) complex [Ir(pzpyph)(pz^Hpyph)] ( 1 ), for which the abbreviation (pzpyph)H (or pz^Hpyph) stands for the parent 2‐pyrazolyl‐6‐phenyl pyridine chelate. After that, methylation and double methylation of 1 afford the charge‐neutral Ir(III) complex [Ir(pzpyph)(pz^Mepyph)] ( 2 ) and cationic complex [Ir(pz^Mepyph)₂][PF₆] ( 3 ), while deprotonation of 1 gives formation of anionic [Ir(pzpyph)₂][NBu₄] ( 4 ), all in high yields. These bis‐tridentate Ir(III) complexes 2 – 4 are highly emitted in solution and solid states, while the charge‐neutral 2 and corresponding t ‐butyl substituted derivative [Ir(pzpy^Buph)(pz^Mepy^Buph)] ( 5 ) exhibit superior photostability versus the tris‐bidentate references [Ir(ppy)₂(acac)] and [Ir(ppy)₃] in toluene under argon, making them ideal OLED emitters. For the track record, phosphor 5 gives very small efficiency roll‐off and excellent overall efficiencies of 20.7%, 66.8 cd A^?1, and 52.8 lm W^?1 at high brightness of 1000 cd m^?2. These results are expected to inspire further studies on the bis‐tridentate Ir(III) complexes, which are judged to be more stable than their tris‐bidentate counterparts from the entropic point of view.     

Tunable Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties from Room Temperature Phosphorescent Cyclic Triimidazole-Pyrene Bio-Probe

Organic materials with multiple emissions tunable by external stimuli represent a great challenge. TTPyr, crystallizing in different polymorphs, shows a very rich photophyisics comprising excitation-dependent fluorescence and phosphorescence at ambient conditions, and mechanochromic and thermochromic behavior. Transformation among the different species has been followed by thermal and X-ray diffraction analyses and the emissive features interpreted through structural results and DFT/TDDFT calculations. Particularly intriguing is the polymorph TTPyr(HT), serendipitously obtained at high temperature but stable also at room temperature, whose non-centrosymmetric structure guarantees an SHG efficiency 10 times higher than that of standard urea. Its crystal packing, where only the TT units are strongly rigidified by π-π stacking interactions while the Pyr moieties possess partial conformational freedom, is responsible for the observed dual fluorescence. The potentialities of TTPyr for bioimaging have been successfully established.     

溶胶-凝胶法制备ZrO2/SiO2纳米复合材料的研究

利用溶胶-凝胶法制备了ZrO2/SiO2纳米复合物室温磷光材料,通过各条件的优化,最终确定溶剂为异丙醇、Zr摩尔掺杂百分含量为15%、550℃下煅烧3h得到的纳米ZrO2/SiO2复合物的室温磷光发光性能较好,其最大激发波长为280nm、发射波长为460nm,且磷光寿命为0.56s。     

基于室温磷光量子点/硼酸基联吡啶盐纳米复合材料检测果糖

以Mn掺杂的ZnS(Mn-ZnS)室温磷光(RTP)量子点的磷光为信号,以2-溴甲基苯硼酸与4,4ˊ-联吡啶为原料合成的硼酸基联吡啶盐(BBV)为受体,带负电的量子点与带正电BBV通过静电作用形成Mn-ZnS/BBV纳米复合材料,Mn-ZnS量子点磷光猝灭,加入果糖,BBV与果糖形成阴离子硼酸酯,降低了对量子点猝灭效率,RTP恢复.考察了时间、pH值对Mn掺杂的ZnS QDs/BBV纳米复合材料磷光强度的影响,在最优条件下,此传感器检测果糖的线性范围为0.05~1.00 mmol/L,检出限为0.01 mmol/L,相关系数r为0.99.本磷光分析法简便快速、灵敏度高,有望应用于食品、医药行业中果糖含量的检测分析.