pH-tunable phosphorescence and light harvesting in cucurbit[8]uril host-guest assemblies.

Shubhra Kanti BhaumikSourav Kumar PandaSupratim Banerjee

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2023)

Host-guest assemblies of halo-phenyl pyridine derivatives and cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) exhibited pH-responsive room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) in aqueous media. Moreover, they acted as efficient light-harvesting systems demonstrating triplet-singlet energy transfer to various acceptor dyes.

Keyphrases

energy transfer
room temperature
ionic liquid
quantum dots
water soluble