Red-Colored Circularly Polarized Luminescence from a Benzo-Fused BODIPY-BINOL Complex.
Miu TsujiSara AbuhadbaAngela ChenMio ItoAmrita MakhijaniYutaka KuwaharaTatiana EsipovaTomoyasu ManiPublished in: The journal of physical chemistry. B (2023)
Red emission with sharp bandwidth and high quantum yield is a desired characteristic for organic chromophores in optoelectronic, spintronic, and biomedical applications. Here, we observe circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) with these characteristics from a benzo-fused BODIPY-BINOL complex ( 1 ). Using time-resolved optical spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and density functional theory calculations, we showed that the emissive excited state of 1 does not have a charge-transfer (CT) character, unlike that of the regular BODIPY counterpart ( 2 ). The rigidity and the lack of CT character make this class of molecules an appealing platform for CPL-active molecules in the red spectral region, with ample room for improvement in the dissymmetry factor and brightness.
Keyphrases
- density functional theory
- molecular dynamics
- dual energy
- fluorescent probe
- living cells
- computed tomography
- image quality
- energy transfer
- high resolution
- contrast enhanced
- quantum dots
- single molecule
- positron emission tomography
- light emitting
- optical coherence tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- solid state
- magnetic resonance
- monte carlo