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Feld LG, Boehme SC, Morad V, Sahin Y, Kaul CJ, Dirin DN, Rainò G, Kovalenko MV. Quantifying Förster Resonance Energy Transfer from Single Perovskite Quantum Dots to Organic Dyes. ACS NANO 2024; 18:9997-10007. [PMID: 38547379 PMCID: PMC11008358 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c11359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising regenerable photoredox catalysts offering broadly tunable redox potentials along with high absorption coefficients. QDs have thus far been examined for various organic transformations, water splitting, and CO2 reduction. Vast opportunities emerge from coupling QDs with other homogeneous catalysts, such as transition metal complexes or organic dyes, into hybrid nanoassemblies exploiting energy transfer (ET), leveraging a large absorption cross-section of QDs and long-lived triplet states of cocatalysts. However, a thorough understanding and further engineering of the complex operational mechanisms of hybrid nanoassemblies require simultaneously controlling the surface chemistry of the QDs and probing dynamics at sufficient spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we probe the ET from single lead halide perovskite QDs, capped by alkylphospholipid ligands, to organic dye molecules employing single-particle photoluminescence spectroscopy with single-photon resolution. We identify a Förster-type ET by spatial, temporal, and photon-photon correlations in the QD and dye emission. Discrete quenching steps in the acceptor emission reveal stochastic photobleaching events of individual organic dyes, allowing a precise quantification of the transfer efficiency, which is >70% for QD-dye complexes with strong donor-acceptor spectral overlap. Our work explores the processes occurring at the QD/molecule interface and demonstrates the feasibility of sensitizing organic photocatalysts with QDs.
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- Leon G. Feld
- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- National
Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Catalysis, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- National
Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Catalysis, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- National
Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Catalysis, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- National
Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Catalysis, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa −
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- National
Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Catalysis, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhou F, Wang X, Wang G, Zuo Y. A Rapid Method for Detecting Microplastics Based on Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Technology (FLIM). TOXICS 2022; 10:toxics10030118. [PMID: 35324743 PMCID: PMC8951726 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10030118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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With the increasing use and release of plastic products, microplastics have rapidly accumulated in ecological environments. When microplastics enter the food chain, they cause serious harm to organisms and humans. Microplastics pollution has become a growing concern worldwide; however, there is still no standardized method for rapidly and accurately detecting microplastics. In this work, we used fluorescence lifetime imaging technology to detect four kinds of Nile red-stained and unstained microplastics, and the unique phasor fingerprints of different microplastics were obtained by phasor analysis. Tracing the corresponding pixels of the “fingerprint” in the fluorescence lifetime image allowed for the quick and intuitive identification of different microplastics and their location distributions in a mixed sample. In our work, compared with staining the four microplastics with a fluorescent dye, using the phasor “fingerprint library” formed by the autofluorescence lifetimes of the microplastics was more easily distinguished than microplastics in the mixed samples. The feasibility of this method was further tested by adding three single substances—SiO2, chitin and decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), and surface sediments to simulate interferent in the environment, and the results providing potential applications for the identification and analysis of microplastics in complex environments.
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Oh S, Khan MRR, Choi G, Seo J, Park E, An TK, Park YD, Lee HS. Advanced Organic Transistor-Based Sensors Utilizing a Solvatochromic Medium with Twisted Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Behavior and Its Application to Ammonia Gas Detection. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:56385-56393. [PMID: 34796709 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c15116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Here, we designed and developed an organic field-effect transistor (OFET)-based gas sensor by applying solvatochromic dye (Nile red, NR) with twisted intramolecular charge-transfer (TICT) behavior depending on the polarity of the surrounding molecules, as an auxiliary NR sensing medium (aNR-SM). As a polar molecule approaches, intra-charge transfers from the donor diethylamine group to the ketone group occur in the NR molecule, resulting in the twisting of the donor functional group and thereby increasing its dipole moment. Using this characteristic, NR was applied as an auxiliary sensing medium to the OFET for detecting ammonia (NH3), a representative toxic gas. The Top-NR case, where the aNR-SM covers only the top of the organic semiconductor layer, showed the best gas sensing performance, and its response and recovery rates were improved by 46 and 94%, respectively, compared to the pristine case. More importantly, a sensitivity of 0.87 ± 0.045 ppm-1 % was measured, having almost perfect linearity (0.999) over the range of measured NH3 concentrations, which is the result of solving the saturation problem in the sensing characteristics of the OFET-based gas sensor. Our result not only improved the sensing performance of the OFET-based sensor but also made an important advance in that the reliability of the sensing performance was easily secured by applying solvatochromic and TICT behaviors of an auxiliary sensing medium.
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- Seungtaek Oh
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
- BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
- BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
- BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, Republic of Korea
- Department of IT Convergence, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
- BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea
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Sancataldo G, Avellone G, Vetri V. Nile Red lifetime reveals microplastic identity. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2020; 22:2266-2275. [PMID: 33064112 DOI: 10.1039/d0em00348d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Microplastic pollution is recognized as a worldwide environmental problem. The increasing daily use and release of plastics into the environment have led to the accumulation of fragmented microplastics, with potentially awful consequences for the environment, and animal and human health. The detection and identification of microplastics are of utmost importance, but available methods are still limited. In this work, a new approach is presented for the analysis of microplastics based on hydrophobic fluorescence staining with Nile Red, using spectrally resolved confocal fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). Significant differences were observed in the emission spectra and fluorescence lifetimes of the analyzed microplastics. Nile Red fluorescence shows determinable behavior based on the polymer matrix and provides a fingerprint for the identification of fragments from different types of plastics. Lifetime imaging coupled with phasor analysis constitutes a fast, robust, and straightforward method for mapping and identifying different microplastics within the same sample in an aquatic environment.
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- Giuseppe Sancataldo
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica - Emilio Segrè, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle scienze Edificio 18, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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Mondal P, Chakraborty S, Grandhi GK, Viswanatha R. Copper Doping in II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Single-Particle Fluorescence Study. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:5367-5372. [PMID: 32522003 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Copper doping in II-VI semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) has sparked enormous debate regarding the oxidation state of Cu ions and their hugely differing consequences in optoelectronic applications. The identity of a magnetically active Cu2+ ion or a magnetically inactive d10 Cu+ ion has generally been probed using optical techniques, and confusion arises from the spatial clutter that is part of the technique. One major probe that could declutter the data obtained from ensemble emission is single-particle fluorescence spectroscopy. In this work, using this very technique along with X-ray absorption spectroscopy probing the local environment of dopant ions, we study Cu-doped II-VI semiconductor NCs to find conclusive evidence on the oxidation state of Cu dopants and hence the mechanism of their emission. Detailed analysis of blinking properties has been used to study the single-particle nature of the NCs.
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Kumar C, Viswanath P. Structure, morphology and wettability studies on Langmuir-Schaefer multilayer of poly(vinylidene fluoride)/poly(methyl methacrylate) blends. Eur Polym J 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.08.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mitsui M, Unno A, Mori K. Methodology for Discriminating between Competitive Photophysical Processes in Photoblinking: Application to the Fluorescence Blinking of Single Dye Molecules Adsorbed on TiO2. CHEM LETT 2017. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.170127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Masaaki Mitsui
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501
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Organic (opto)electronic materials have received considerable attention due to their applications in thin-film-transistors, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, sensors, photorefractive devices, and many others. The technological promises include low cost of these materials and the possibility of their room-temperature deposition from solution on large-area and/or flexible substrates. The article reviews the current understanding of the physical mechanisms that determine the (opto)electronic properties of high-performance organic materials. The focus of the review is on photoinduced processes and on electronic properties important for optoelectronic applications relying on charge carrier photogeneration. Additionally, it highlights the capabilities of various experimental techniques for characterization of these materials, summarizes top-of-the-line device performance, and outlines recent trends in the further development of the field. The properties of materials based both on small molecules and on conjugated polymers are considered, and their applications in organic solar cells, photodetectors, and photorefractive devices are discussed.
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- Oksana Ostroverkhova
- Department of Physics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Whitham PJ, Knowles KE, Reid PJ, Gamelin DR. Photoluminescence Blinking and Reversible Electron Trapping in Copper-Doped CdSe Nanocrystals. NANO LETTERS 2015; 15:4045-51. [PMID: 26007328 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Single-particle photoluminescence blinking is observed in the copper-centered deep-trap luminescence of copper-doped CdSe (Cu(+):CdSe) nanocrystals. Blinking dynamics for Cu(+):CdSe and undoped CdSe nanocrystals are analyzed to identify the effect of Cu(+), which selectively traps photogenerated holes. Analysis of the blinking data reveals that the Cu(+):CdSe and CdSe nanocrystal "off"-state dynamics are statistically identical, but the Cu(+):CdSe nanocrystal "on" state is shorter lived. Additionally, a new and pronounced temperature-dependent delayed luminescence is observed in the Cu(+):CdSe nanocrystals that persists long beyond the radiative lifetime of the luminescent excited state. This delayed luminescence is analogous to the well-known donor-acceptor pair luminescence of bulk copper-doped phosphors and is interpreted as revealing metastable charge-separated excited states formed by reversible electron trapping at the nanocrystal surfaces. A mechanistic link between this delayed luminescence and the luminescence blinking is proposed. Collectively, these data suggest that electron (rather than hole) trapping/detrapping is responsible for photoluminescence intermittency in these nanocrystals.
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- Patrick J Whitham
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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New tools for elucidating the environmental origins of single molecule photoluminescence intermittency. Chem Phys Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2015.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hess CM, Rudolph AR, Reid PJ. Imaging the Effects of Annealing on the Polymorphic Phases of Poly(vinylidene fluoride). J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:4127-32. [DOI: 10.1021/jp512486n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Chelsea M. Hess
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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