Fine-Tuning Dual Emission and Aggregation-Induced Emission Switching in NPI-BODIPY Dyads

Mukherjee, Sanjoy and Thilagar, Pakkirisamy (2014) Fine-Tuning Dual Emission and Aggregation-Induced Emission Switching in NPI-BODIPY Dyads. In: CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 20 (29). pp. 9052-9062.

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Abstract

Three new NPI-BODIPY dyads 1-3 (NPI = 1,8-naphthalimide, BODIPY = boron-dipyrromethene) were synthesized, characterized, and studied. The NPI and BODIPY moieties in these dyads are electronically separated by oxoaryl bridges, and the compounds only differ structurally with respect to methyl substituents on the BODIPY fluorophore. The NPI and BODIPY moieties retain their optical features in molecular dyads 1-3. Dyads 1-3 show dual emission in solution originating from the two separate fluorescent units. The variations of the dual emission in these compounds are controlled by the structural flexibilities of the systems. Dyads 13, depending on their molecular flexibilities, show considerably different spectral shapes and dissimilar intensity ratios of the two emission bands. The dyads also show significant aggregation-induced emission switching (AIES) on formation of nano-aggregates in THF/H2O with changes in emission color from green to red. Whereas the flexible and aggregation-prone compound 1 shows AIES, rigid systems with less favorable intermolecular interactions (i.e., 2 and 3) show aggregation-induced quenching of emission. Correlations of the emission intensity and structural flexibility were found to be reversed in solution and aggregated states. Photophysical and structural investigations suggested that intermolecular interactions (e. g., pi-pi stacking) play a major role in controlling the emission of these compounds in the aggregated state.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, BOSCHSTRASSE 12, D-69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANY
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2014 04:35
Last Modified:	25 Aug 2014 08:51
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/49658

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