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The Medium-Depending Fluorescence of Quadrupolar Donor-Acceptor-Donor Substituted Distyrylbenzenes with High Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Sections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Heiner Detert ,
Volker Schmitt  and
Stefan Glang
Heiner Detert
Affiliation:
detert@mail.uni-mainz.de, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Organische Chemie, Duesbergweg 10 - 14, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, 55099, Germany, ++49-6131-3922111
Volker Schmitt
Affiliation:
volkerschmitt@aol.com, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Organische Chemie, Duesbergweg 10 - 14, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, 55099, Germany
Stefan Glang
Affiliation:
stglang@arcor.de, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Organische Chemie, Duesbergweg 10 - 14, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, 55099, Germany
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Abstract

1,4-Distyrylbenzenes with terminal dialkylamino groups and a central 2,5-disubstitution with electron-accepting groups were prepared via twofold Horner-olefination. These chromophores with a quadrupolar donor-acceptor-donor substitution and C2-symmetry absorb in the violet to green region of the visible spectrum exhibit large two-photon-absorption cross-sections when irrdiated in the NIR. Whereas a variation of the solvent polarity only slightly alters the absorption spectra, the fluorescence appears to be highly responsive. Besides a positive solvatochromism, the emission is very sensitive towards protonation. Quenching or appearance of new emitting species depends on the substitution pattern and is controlled by the concentration of the acid.

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chemical synthesisluminescencesensor
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 937: Symposium M – Conjugated Organic Materials – Synthesis, Structure, Device, and Applications , 2006 , 0937-M07-54
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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