Solid-state host-guest influences on a BODIPY dye hosted within a crystalline sponge
Abstract
Manipulating the emission characteristics of phosphors is a viable strategy to produce unique, and thus difficult to replicate, security optical features that are useful in anticounterfeiting applications. Here, a fluorophore, BODIPY 493/503, displayed altered solid-state emission characteristics upon being hosted within a crystalline molecular flask. Specifically, a bathochromic shift of 939 cm-1 was observed (λ(max): 633 → 673 nm), with a concomitant reduction in emission intensity, and emission dependency on excitation wavelength. Multiple factors likely contribute to this behaviour, such as emission filtering by the host framework, exciplex formation between BODIPY and the electron-deficient framework, and collisional quenching between the host and guest. Here we prioritize solid-state analyses to explore these factors, including electron density mapping of the framework pores, and multinuclear solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
Citation
Gee , W J , Shepherd , H J , Dawson , D M , Ashbrook , S E , Raithby , P R & Burrows , A D 2020 , ' Solid-state host-guest influences on a BODIPY dye hosted within a crystalline sponge ' , New Journal of Chemistry , vol. Advance Article . https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ02969F
Publication
New Journal of Chemistry
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1144-0546Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge support from an EPSRC programme grant (grant no. EP/K004956/1).Collections
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