Emissive Platinum(II) Cages with Reverse Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Multiple Sensing
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b12689
Abstract
It is quite challenging to realize fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between two chromophores with specific positions and directions. Herein, through the self-assembly of two carefully selected fluorescent ligands via metal-coordination interactions, we prepared two tetragonal prismatic platinum(II) cages with a reverse FRET process between their faces and pillars. Bearing different responses to external stimuli, these two emissive ligands are able to tune the FRET process, thus making the cages sensitive to solvents, pressure, and temperature. First, these cages could distinguish structurally similar alcohols such as n-butanol, t-butanol, and i-butanol. Furthermore, they showed decreased emission with bathochromic shifts under high pressure. Finally, they exhibited a remarkable ratiometric response to temperature over a wide range (223–353 K) with high sensitivity. For example, by plotting the ratio of the maximum emission (I600/I480) of metallacage 4b against the temperature, the slope reaches 0.072, which is among the highest values for ratiometric fluorescent thermometers reported so far. This work not only offers a strategy to manipulate the FRET efficiency in emissive supramolecular coordination complexes but also paves the way for the future design and preparation of smart emissive materials with external stimuli responsiveness.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 152, issue 5, p. 2592-2600
Scholar Commons Citation
Zhang, Zeyuan; Zhao, Zhengqing; Wu, Lianwei; Lu, Shuai; Ling, Sanliang; Li, Guoping; Xu, Letian; Ma, Lingzhi; Hou, Yali; Wang, Xingchen; Li, Xiaopeng; He, Gang; Wang, Kai; Zou, Bo; and Zhang, Mingming, "Emissive Platinum(II) Cages with Reverse Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Multiple Sensing" (2020). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 162.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/chm_facpub/162
