Dyes inserted into the parallel nanochannels of a fully organic crystal show efficient light conversion over a wide visible spectral region, with 100% conversion from UV to blue light. The Figure shows crystals containing either two (bottom) or three (top) dyes under U v illumination, and a top view of the structure of the dyes inserted into nanochannels (right).
C. Botta, R. D. Ferro, G. Di Silvestro, R. Tubino, in Supramolecular Photosensitive and Electroactive Materials, (Ed: H. S. Nalwa), Academic, San Diego, CA 2001, Ch. 5.
Farina, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1406 (1980)
Quintel, Synth. Met., 107, 183 (1999)
Botta, Synth. Met., 139, 791 (2003)
J. R. Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, 2nd ed., Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York 1999.
Speiser, Chem. Rev., 96, 1953 (1996)
Maksimov, Opt. Spectrosc., 12, 337 (1962)
Oelkrug, Synth. Met., 76, 249 (1996)
Cehelnik, J. Phys. Chem., 79, 1369 (1975)
Kohler, J. Phys. Chem., 92, 5120 (1988)
The decay times have been obtained by curve fitting the PL traces of DPH with a single exponential.
B. Wieb van ver Meer, G. Coker III, S.-Y. Simon Chen, Resonance Energy Transfer, Theory and Data, Wiley, New York 1994.
Tasaka, Synth. Met., 16, 17 (1986)
Allegra, J. Chem. Soc. B, 1020 (1967)
Du, Photochem. Photobiol., 68, 141 (1998)
Becker, J. Phys. Chem., 100, 18 (1996)
de Mello, Adv. Mater., 9, 230 (1997)
Bibliographic reference
Botta, C ; Patrinoiu, G ; Picouet, P ; Yunus, Sami ; Communal, JE ; et. al. Organic nanostructured host-guest materials containing three dyes. In: Advanced Materials, Vol. 16, no. 19, p. 1716-+ (2004)