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Light‐Harvesting Ytterbium(III)–Porphyrinate–BODIPY Conjugates: Synthesis, Excitation‐Energy Transfer, and Two‐Photon‐Induced Near‐Infrared‐Emission Studies
Author(s) -
Zhang Tao,
Zhu Xunjin,
Wong WaiKwok,
Tam HoiLam,
Wong WaiYeung
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201202613
Subject(s) - moiety , bodipy , photochemistry , conjugated system , chromophore , chemistry , photoluminescence , acceptor , fluorescence , ytterbium , electron acceptor , electron transfer , materials science , optoelectronics , stereochemistry , optics , organic chemistry , physics , polymer , doping , condensed matter physics
Based on a donor–acceptor framework, several conjugates have been designed and prepared in which an electron‐donor moiety, ytterbium(III) porphyrinate (YbPor), was linked through an ethynyl bridge to an electron‐acceptor moiety, boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY). Photoluminescence studies demonstrated efficient energy transfer from the BODIPY moiety to the YbPor counterpart. When conjugated with the YbPor moiety, the BODIPY moiety served as an antenna to harvest the lower‐energy visible light, subsequently transferring its energy to the YbPor counterpart, and, consequently, sensitizing the Yb III emission in the near‐infrared (NIR) region with a quantum efficiency of up to 0.73 % and a lifetime of around 40 μs. Moreover, these conjugates exhibited large two‐photon‐absorption cross‐sections that ranged from 1048–2226 GM and strong two‐photon‐induced NIR emission.