Interfacial Assembly of Peptide Carbon Dot Hybrids Enables Photoinduced Electron Transfer with Improved Photoresponse

Mondal, P and Umesh, N and Hazra, N and Datta, J and De Dalui, S and Ghosh, A and Acharya, S and Bhattacharya, S (2024) Interfacial Assembly of Peptide Carbon Dot Hybrids Enables Photoinduced Electron Transfer with Improved Photoresponse. In: Langmuir .

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Abstract

Assemblies at the interface represent a powerful tool for integrating organic and inorganic components into hybrid nanostructures. Carbon dots are both excellent electron donors and acceptors, offering opportunities for their potential uses in light-harvesting applications. To further improve their functions, integration of acceptor carbon dots into donor organic nanostructures is of great interest for improving photophysical properties useful for photoinduced electron transfer. Here, a one-step protocol for the interfacial assembly of a two-component hybrid consisting of carbon dots and perylene containing an l-phenylalanine-based dipeptide through noncovalent bonding is developed. The perylene-containing dipeptide derivative formed micrometer-long nanofibers on the water surface through J-aggregate formation. Spectroscopic studies reveal photoluminescence quenching of the donor dipeptide upon increasing the concentration of acceptor carbon dots in the hybrid, suggesting photoinduced electron transfer from the donor peptides to acceptor carbon dots. The hybrids integrated in a planar device architecture show a significantly improved photoresponse because of the favorable interactions between the donor-acceptor components. The one-step integration of donor-acceptor hybrids on the water surface offers opportunities for light harvesting and related applications. © 2024 American Chemical Society.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Langmuir
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the Publisher.
Keywords:	Carbon dots; Di-peptides; Donor/acceptor; Interfacial assembly; Light-harvesting; Organic components; Perylenes; Photo-induced electron transfer; Photoresponses; Water surface, Spectroscopic analysis
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Organic Chemistry
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2024 17:23
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2024 17:23
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/87072

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