A multi-property fluorescent probe for the investigation of polymer dynamics near the glass transition

• Authors: Joanna Siekierzycka , Catharina Hippius , Frank Würthner , René Williams , Albert Brouwer
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In addition to the commonly observed single molecule fluorescence intensity fluctuations due to molecular reorientation dynamics, a perylene bisimide-calixarene compound (1) shows additional on-off fluctuations due to its ability to undergo intramolecular excited state electron transfer (PET). This quenching process is turned on rather sharply when a film of poly(vinylacetate) containing 1 is heated above its glass transition temperature (T
g), which indicates that the electron transfer process depends on the availability of sufficient free volume. Spatial heterogeneities cause different individual molecules to reach the electron transfer regime at different temperatures, but these heterogeneities also fluctuate in time: in the matrix above T
g molecules that are mostly nonfluorescent due to PET can become fluorescent again on timescales of seconds to minutes.The two different mechanisms for intensity fluctuation, rotation and PET, thus far only observed in compound 1, make it a unique probe for the dynamics of supercooled liquids.

Keywords

EN

Fluorescence; Electron transfer; Rotation; Single molecule

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 937-952

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2014

online

1 - 5 - 2014

Contributors

author

Joanna Siekierzycka

• University of Amsterdam

author

Catharina Hippius

• Würzburg University

author

Frank Würthner

• Würzburg University

author

René Williams

• University of Amsterdam

author

Albert Brouwer

• University of Amsterdam

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DOI

10.2478/s11532-014-0544-0