Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
Volume 271, Issue -, Pages 118-127Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.08.107
Keywords
Gold nanoparticles; SET; Solvatochromism; Fluorescence quenching; Dipolar molecule; Oxadiazole
Funding
- University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India, under CPEPA grant [8-2/2008 (NS/PE)]
- UGC
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A novel highly conjugated donor-pi-acceptor (D-pi-A) fluorescent probe 4-((1E,3E)-4-(4-(5-(4-tertbutylpheny1)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)phenyl)buta-1,3-dieny1)-N,N-dimethylbenzenamine (3TVPO) is synthesized using a Wittig reaction and characterized by H-1, C-13 NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spec-trometry (HR-MS). The photophysical properties have been studied to understand the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) character of the compound. The solvatochromism of 3TVPO has been explored in polar protic/aprotic/weakly polar solvents. Various solvent correlation techniques such as Lippert-Mataga, Bilot-Kawski, Kawski-Chamma-Viallet, Bakhshiev, and Reichardt methods were employed to estimate the singlet ground and excited-state dipole moment and are compared and discussed with those obtained computationally. The specific and non-specific solute-solvent interactions were analyzed using Kamlet-Taft and Catalan solvent parameters by means of a multiple-linear-regressions (MLR) method. In addition, surface-energy transfer (SET) has been studied using this optoelectronically important 3TVPO molecule as efficient donor and gold nanopartides (Au MNPs) as excellent acceptors employing steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques. The size- and distance-dependent SET between 3TVPO and Au MNPs was explored. It is demonstrated that the quenching efficiency increases as the size of Au MNPs increases from 40 to 53 nm. The super-quenching effect and nonradiative energy transfer were analyzed using Stern-Volmer plots. The impact of the present investigation about the super-quenching effect of the Au MNPs can be exploited for biosensing applications owing to its acute sensitivity. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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