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Theoretical and Experimental Study on Boron β‐Diketonate Complexes with Intense Two‐Photon‐Induced Fluorescence in Solution and in the Solid State
Author(s) -
Lanoë PierreHenri,
Mettra Bastien,
Liao Yuan Yuan,
Calin Nathalie,
D'Aléo Anthony,
Namikawa Tomotaka,
Kamada Kenji,
Fages Fréderic,
Monnereau Cyrille,
Andraud Chantal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201600178
Subject(s) - photoexcitation , quantum yield , chromophore , fluorescence , chemistry , photochemistry , absorption (acoustics) , two photon absorption , boron , conjugated system , materials science , excited state , atomic physics , polymer , optics , organic chemistry , laser , physics , composite material
Three boron diketonate chromophores with extended π‐conjugated backbone were prepared and their spectroscopic features were investigated through a combined theoretical/experimental study. It was shown that these complexes, which undergo very large electronic reorganization upon photoexcitation, combine large two‐photon absorption cross section with an emission energy and quantum efficiency in solution that is strongly dependent on solvent polarity. The strong positive influence of boron complexation on the magnitude of the two‐photon absorption was clearly established, and it was shown that the two‐photon absorption properties were dominated by the quadrupolar term. For one of the synthesized compounds, intense one‐ and two‐photon‐induced solid‐state emission (fluorescence quantum yield of 0.65 with maximum wavelength of 610 nm) was obtained as a result of antiparallel J‐aggregate crystal packing.