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V. P. Valverde J, Pelosi AG, H. Zucolotto. Cocca L, Marbello OD, le Bescont J, Breton-Patient C, Piguel S, Silva DL, De Boni L, Mendonça CR. Two-photon absorption in imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives: study of nonlinear optical response and dipolar properties. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Abegão LMG, Cocca LHZ, Mulatier JC, Pitrat D, Andraud C, Misoguti L, Mendonça CR, Vivas MG, De Boni L. Effective π-electron number and symmetry perturbation effect on the two-photon absorption of oligofluorenes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18602-18609. [PMID: 34612397 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02553h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fluorene-based molecules exhibit significant nonlinear optical responses and multiphoton absorption in the visible region, which, combined with the high fluorescence quantum yield in organic solvents, could make this class of materials potentially engaging in diverse photonics applications. Thus, herein, we have determined the two-photon absorption (2PA) of oligofluorenes containing three, five, and seven repetitive units by employing the wavelength-tunable femtosecond Z-scan technique. Our outcomes have shown that the 2PA cross-section in oligofluorenes presents an enhanced value of around 18 GM per Neff, in which Neff is the effective number of π-electrons, for the pure 2PA allowed transition (11Ag-like → 21Ag-like). Furthermore, a weak 2PA transition was observed in the same spectral region strongly allowed by one-photon absorption (11Ag-like → 11Bu-like). This last result suggests a molecular symmetry perturbation, probably induced by the molecular disorder triggered by the increase of moieties in the oligofluorene structure. We have calculated the permanent dipole moment difference related to the lowest-energy transition using the Lippert-Matagaformalism and the 2PA sum-over-states approach to confirm this assumption. Moreover, we have estimated the fundamental limits for the 2PA cross-section in oligofluorenes.
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- Luis M G Abegão
- Photonics Group, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Gonçalves Vivas M, Dario Fonseca R, de Paula Siqueira J, Renato Mendonça C, Rodrigues PC, De Boni L. Femtosecond Two-Photon Absorption Spectroscopy of Poly(fluorene) Derivatives Containing Benzoselenadiazole and Benzothiadiazole. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 10:E512. [PMID: 28772872 PMCID: PMC5458991 DOI: 10.3390/ma10050512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have investigated the molecular structure and two-photon absorption (2PA) properties relationship of two push-pull poly(fluorene) derivatives containing benzoselenadiazole and benzothiadiazole units. For that, we have used the femtosecond wavelength-tunable Z-scan technique with a low repetition rate (1 kHz) and an energy per pulse on the order of nJ. Our results show that both 2PA spectra present a strong 2PA (around 600 GM (1 GM = 1 × 10-50 cm⁴·s·photon-1)) band at around 720 nm (transition energy 3.45 eV) ascribed to the strongly 2PA-allowed 1Ag-like → mAg-like transition, characteristic of poly(fluorene) derivatives. Another 2PA band related to the intramolecular charge transfer was also observed at around 900 nm (transition energy 2.75 eV). In both 2PA bands, we found higher 2PA cross-section values for the poly(fluorene) containing benzothiadiazole unit. This outcome was explained through the higher charge redistribution at the excited state caused by the benzothiadiazole group as compared to the benzoselenadiazole and confirmed by means of solvatochromic Stokes shift measurements. To shed more light on these results, we employed the sum-over-states approach within the two-energy level model to estimate the maximum permanent dipole moment change related to the intramolecular charge transfer transition.
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- Marcelo Gonçalves Vivas
- Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Poços de Caldas, MG 37715-400, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP 13566-590, Brazil.
- Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia.
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP 13566-590, Brazil.
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- Departamento Acadêmico de Química e Biologia, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR 81280-340, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP 13566-590, Brazil.
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Magalhães CET, da Silva MM, Savedra RML, Siqueira MF. Anisotropic electron mobility in fluorene-PPV and fluorene-MEH-PPV. Mol Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2016.1265679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Carlos E. T. Magalhães
- Laboratory of Molecular Simulation of Material, Department of Physics, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Simulation of Material, Department of Physics, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Simulation of Material, Department of Physics, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
- Laboratory of Polymers and Electronic Properties of Materials, Department of Physics, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Simulation of Material, Department of Physics, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
- Laboratory of Polymers and Electronic Properties of Materials, Department of Physics, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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Dini D, Calvete MJF, Hanack M. Nonlinear Optical Materials for the Smart Filtering of Optical Radiation. Chem Rev 2016; 116:13043-13233. [PMID: 27933768 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The control of luminous radiation has extremely important implications for modern and future technologies as well as in medicine. In this Review, we detail chemical structures and their relevant photophysical features for various groups of materials, including organic dyes such as metalloporphyrins and metallophthalocyanines (and derivatives), other common organic materials, mixed metal complexes and clusters, fullerenes, dendrimeric nanocomposites, polymeric materials (organic and/or inorganic), inorganic semiconductors, and other nanoscopic materials, utilized or potentially useful for the realization of devices able to filter in a smart way an external radiation. The concept of smart is referred to the characteristic of those materials that are capable to filter the radiation in a dynamic way without the need of an ancillary system for the activation of the required transmission change. In particular, this Review gives emphasis to the nonlinear optical properties of photoactive materials for the function of optical power limiting. All known mechanisms of optical limiting have been analyzed and discussed for the different types of materials.
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- Danilo Dini
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rome "La Sapienza" , P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- CQC, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra , Rua Larga, P 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen , Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Rodrigues PC, Fontes BD, Torres BBM, Sousa WS, Faria GC, Balogh DT, Faria RM, Akcelrud L. Synthesis of a PPV-fluorene derivative: Applications in luminescent devices. J Appl Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/app.42579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Paula C. Rodrigues
- Grupo de Polímeros; IFSC; Universidade de São Paulo; São Carlos SP Brazil
- LaPPS; Universidade Federal do Paraná; Curitiba PR Brazil
- Departamento Acadêmico de Química e Biologia; DAQBi; Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná; Curitiba PR Brazil
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- Grupo de Polímeros; IFSC; Universidade de São Paulo; São Carlos SP Brazil
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- Grupo de Polímeros; IFSC; Universidade de São Paulo; São Carlos SP Brazil
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- Grupo de Polímeros; IFSC; Universidade de São Paulo; São Carlos SP Brazil
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- Grupo de Polímeros; IFSC; Universidade de São Paulo; São Carlos SP Brazil
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- LaPPS; Universidade Federal do Paraná; Curitiba PR Brazil
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Aparicio-Ixta L, Ramos-Ortiz G, Pichardo-Molina JL, Maldonado JL, Rodríguez M, Tellez-Lopez VM, Martinez-Fong D, Zolotukhin MG, Fomine S, Meneses-Nava MA, Barbosa-García O. Two-photon excited fluorescence of silica nanoparticles loaded with a fluorene-based monomer and its cross-conjugated polymer: their application to cell imaging. NANOSCALE 2012; 4:7751-7759. [PMID: 23138458 DOI: 10.1039/c2nr31925j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this work the two-photon activity of nanoparticles obtained from a fluorene monomer (M1) and its cross-conjugated polymer (P1) is reported. Aqueous suspensions of M1 and P1 nanoparticles prepared through the reprecipitation method exhibited maximum two-photon absorption (TPA) cross-sections of 84 and 9860 GM (1 GM = 10(-50) cm(4) s) at 740 nm, respectively, and a fluorescence quantum yield of ~1. Such a two-photon activity was practically equal with respect to that for molecular solutions of M1 and P1. These materials were then successfully encapsulated into silica nanoparticles to provide bio-compatibly. A lung cancer cell line (A549) and a human cervical cancer cell line (HeLa cells) were incubated with our fluorescent silica nanoparticles to carry out two-photon imaging. By means of these studies we demonstrate that optimized nonlinear optical polymers loaded in silica nanoparticles can be used as efficient probes with low cytotoxicity and good photostability for two-photon fluorescence microscopy. To the best of our knowledge, studies concerning polymer-doped silica nanoparticles exhibiting large two-photon activity have not been reported in the literature.
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- Laura Aparicio-Ixta
- Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.C., A.P. 1-948, 37000 León, Gto., Mexico
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Vivas MG, Koeckelberghs G, Mendonca CR. Effect of solvent-induced coil to helix conformational change on the two-photon absorption spectrum of poly(3,6-phenanthrene). J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:14708-14. [PMID: 23176606 DOI: 10.1021/jp308161x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This paper investigates the effect of solvent-induced conformational changes of poly(3,6-phenanthrene) on their two-photon absorption (2PA). Such effect was studied employing the wavelength-tunable femtosecond Z-scan technique and modeled using the sum-over-essential states approach. We observed a strong reduction of the 2PA cross-section when the sample was prepared in hexane (poor solvent) in comparison to chloroform (good solvent), which is related to the conformation adopted by the polymer in each case. In chloroform it adopts a random coil conformation, as opposed to the one-handed helix conformation in hexane. Our results pointed out that the coil to helix conformation change decreases the degree of molecular planarity of the polymer π-conjugated backbone, which is primarily responsible for their optical nonlinearity, contributing to diminishing the effective transition dipole moments and, consequently, the 2PA cross-section. Moreover, by studying the nonlinear response with different light polarization, we showed that, although the solvent-induced conformational change does not alter the molecular symmetry of the polymer, it modifies considerably the direction of the transition dipole moments between the excited states.
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- M G Vivas
- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP.
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