New Fluorene-Based Fluorescent Probe with Efficient Two-Photon Absorption

Authors

  • M. V. Bondar Institute of Physics
  • O. V. Przhonska Institute of Physics
  • O. D. Kachkovsky Insitute of Organic Chemistry
  • A. Frazer Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida
  • A. R. Morales Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida
  • K. D. Belfield Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe58.08.0748

Keywords:

two-photon absorption, fluorene, Z-scan method

Abstract

The synthesis, linear photophysical characterization, and two-photon absorption (2PA) properties of new fluorene derivative 3,30-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(1-(7-(diphenylamino)-9,9-dihexyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)propane-1,3-dione) (1) have been presented. The steady-state absorption, fluorescence and excitation anisotropy spectra along with the fluorescence decay kinetics of 1 are obtained in the solvents of different polarities at room temperature with respect to its potential application in bioimaging. The analysis of linear photophysical properties revealed a complicated nature of the main one-photon absorption band of 1, and the strong solvatochromic effect in steady-state fluorescence spectra is observed. The degenerate 2PA spectrum of 1 is measured in the spectral range 570–970 nm with the use of the open aperture Z-scan method under the 1-kHz femtosecond excitation, and the maximum values of two-photon action cross sections ~(100–130) GM are obtained. The nature of the linear absorption and the 2PA bands is analyzed by quantum chemical methods using a Gaussian program package.

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Published

2018-10-10

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Solid matter

How to Cite

New Fluorene-Based Fluorescent Probe with Efficient Two-Photon Absorption. (2018). Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 58(8), 748. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe58.08.0748

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