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A Bio‐inspired Approach for Chromophore Communication: Ligand‐to‐Ligand and Host‐to‐Guest Energy Transfer in Hybrid Crystalline Scaffolds
Author(s) -
Dolgopolova Ekaterina A.,
Williams Derek E.,
Greytak Andrew B.,
Rice Allison M.,
Smith Mark D.,
Krause Jeanette A.,
Shustova Natalia B.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201507400
Subject(s) - chromophore , ligand (biochemistry) , photoluminescence , scaffold , fluorescence , chemistry , energy transfer , materials science , nanotechnology , photochemistry , chemical physics , computer science , optoelectronics , physics , biochemistry , receptor , quantum mechanics , database
Efficient multiple‐chromophore coupling in a crystalline metal–organic scaffold was achieved by mimicking a protein system possessing 100 % energy‐transfer (ET) efficiency between a green fluorescent protein variant and cytochrome b 562 . The two approaches developed for ET relied on the construction of coordination assemblies and host–guest coupling. Based on time‐resolved photoluminescence measurements in combination with calculations of the spectral overlap function and Förster radius, we demonstrated that both approaches resulted in a very high ET efficiency. In particular, the observed ligand‐to‐ligand ET efficiency value was the highest reported so far for two distinct ligands in a metal–organic framework. These studies provide important insights for the rational design of crystalline hybrid scaffolds consisting of a large ensemble of chromophore molecules with the capability of directional ET.