Polymeric nanoparticles are versatile scaffolds to develop smart multichromophoric systems whose collective optical properties can be tuned in view of a specific application. Addition of water (nonsolvent) to diluted THF solutions of a blue emitting π-stacked polymer and a yellow emitting dye induces nanoparticle polymer/dye coaggregation. At 70% water content, concomitantly to nanoparticle shrinking, the emission efficiency increases and the color switches from blue to yellow. Time-resolved fluorescence analysis demonstrates that the switch in the nanoparticle emission is governed by an aggregation-induced Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process from the polymer to the molecularly embedded dye activated at a local concentration of about 10<sup>-2</sup> M within the nanoparticles.
Villafiorita Monteleone, F., Cappelli, A., Paolino, M., Colombo, M., Cariati, E., Mura, A., et al. (2015). Aggregation-Induced Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in Polybenzofulvene/Dye Nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, 119(33), 18986-18991 [10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05589].
Aggregation-Induced Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in Polybenzofulvene/Dye Nanoparticles
COLOMBO, MIRIAM;
2015
Abstract
Polymeric nanoparticles are versatile scaffolds to develop smart multichromophoric systems whose collective optical properties can be tuned in view of a specific application. Addition of water (nonsolvent) to diluted THF solutions of a blue emitting π-stacked polymer and a yellow emitting dye induces nanoparticle polymer/dye coaggregation. At 70% water content, concomitantly to nanoparticle shrinking, the emission efficiency increases and the color switches from blue to yellow. Time-resolved fluorescence analysis demonstrates that the switch in the nanoparticle emission is governed by an aggregation-induced Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process from the polymer to the molecularly embedded dye activated at a local concentration of about 10-2 M within the nanoparticles.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.