Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysical Properties of a Novel Organic Photoswitchable Dyad in Its Pristine and Hybrid Nanocomposite Forms
作者:Gopa Mandal、Amrita Chakraborty、Ujjal Kumar Sur、Balaprasad Ankamwar、Asish De、Tapan Ganguly
DOI:10.1166/jnn.2012.6208
日期:2012.6.1
In the present paper the method of synthesis and characterization of a novel organic dyad, 3-(1-Methoxy-3,4-dihydro-naphthalyn-2-yl-)-1-p-chlorophenyl propenone, have been reported. In this paper our main thrust is to fabricate new hybrid nanocomposites by combining the organic dyad with different noble metals, semiconductor nanoparticle and noble metal-semiconductor core/shell nanocomposites. In this organic dyad, donor part is 1-Methoxy-3, 4-dihydro-naphthalen- 2-carboxaldehyde with the acceptor p-chloroacetophenone. We have carried out steady state and time-resolved spectroscopic measurements on the dyad and its hybrid nanocomposite systems. Some quantum chemical calculations have also been done using Gaussian 03 software to support the experimental findings by theoretical point of view. Both from the theoretical predictions and NMR studies it reveals that in the ground state only extended (E-type or trans-type) conformation of the dyad exists whereas on photoexcitation these elongated conformers are converted into folded forms (Z- or cis-type) of the dyad, showing its photoswitchable character. Time resolved fluorescence spectroscopic (fluorescence lifetime by TCSPC method) measurements demonstrate that in chloroform medium all the organic–inorganic hybrid nanocomposites, studied in the present investigation, possess larger amount of extended conformers relative to folded ones, even in the excited singlet state. This indicates the possibility of slower energy destructive charge recombination rates relative to the rate processes associate with charge-separation within the dyad. It was found that in CHCl3 medium, the computed charge separation rate was found to be ∼108 s−1 for the dyad alone and other hybrid nanocomposite systems. The rate is found to be faster than the energy wasting charge recombination rate ∼102–101 s−1, as observed from the transient absorption measurements for the corresponding hybrid systems. It indicates the conformational geometry has a great effect on the charge-separation and recombination rate processes. The suitability for the construction of efficient light energy conversion devices especially with Ag-Dyad nanocomposite of all the systems studied here is hinted from the observed long ion-pair lifetime.
在本文中,报道了新型有机二元体3-(1-甲氧基-3,4-二氢-萘-2-基-)-1-对氯苯基丙烯酮的合成和表征方法。在本文中,我们的主要目标是通过将有机二元体与不同的贵金属、半导体纳米粒子和贵金属-半导体核/壳纳米复合材料相结合来制造新型杂化纳米复合材料。在这个有机二元体中,供体部分是 1-甲氧基-3, 4-二氢-萘-2-甲醛,受体是对氯苯乙酮。我们对二元体及其混合纳米复合材料系统进行了稳态和时间分辨光谱测量。还使用Gaussian 03软件进行了一些量子化学计算,从理论角度支持了实验结果。理论预测和核磁共振研究表明,在基态下,仅存在二元体的延伸(E型或反式)构象,而在光激发下,这些延伸的构象异构体转化为折叠形式(Z型或顺式)的二元体,显示其光切换特性。时间分辨荧光光谱(TCSPC 方法的荧光寿命)测量表明,在氯仿介质中,本研究中研究的所有有机-无机杂化纳米复合材料,即使在激发单线态下,也相对于折叠构象体具有大量的延伸构象体。这表明相对于与二元组内的电荷分离相关的速率过程,能量破坏性电荷复合速率可能较慢。研究发现,在 CHCl3 介质中,对于单独的二元体和其他混合纳米复合材料系统,计算出的电荷分离率为 ∼108 s−1。从相应混合系统的瞬态吸收测量中观察到,该速率比浪费能量的电荷复合速率~102-101 s−1 更快。这表明构象几何形状对电荷分离和复合速率过程有很大影响。观察到的离子对寿命较长,暗示了本文研究的所有系统都适合构建高效的光能转换装置,特别是使用 Ag-Dyad 纳米复合材料。