TPA-active D–π–D fluorophores with rigid, planar cores from phenylene to indenofluorene and indolocarbazole
摘要:
A series of D-pi-D quadrupolar fluorophores with systematically varied pi-conjugated cores were prepared using the Heck reaction and their single- and two-photon photophysical properties were examined. Introduction of extended pi-conjugated cores such as indenofluorene/indolocarbazole was found to induce only small shifts in the absorption and emission maxima versus the phenylene linked fluorophore but greatly enhance their single- and two-photon absorption cross-sections. The effects of positional substitution oil the properties of the indolocarbazole derivatives were also investigated. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.