Two-photon absorption of polyfluorene aggregates stabilized by insulin amyloid fibrils
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

We report on the photophysical and optical properties of a polyfluorene derivative (PFO) and its binding to the amyloid-forming protein insulin. The complexation is based on weak supramolecular interactions between amyloid fibrils and PFO in dissolved and aggregated forms. In particular, complexes of polyfluorene aggregates display sizeable two-photon absorption when stabilized by insulin fibril nanotemplates. We propose that a two-photon absorption enhancement mechanism is related to the combination of through-bond and through-space interactions of PFO. The findings reported here suggest that polyfluorene aggregates offer good nonlinear absorption properties and can be used as molecular markers for amyloid fibril recognition.

Författare

Piotr Hanczyc

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Kemi och biokemi

A. Justyniarski

Politechnika Wrocławska

Desta Antenehe Gedefaw

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Mats Andersson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

University of South Australia

Marek Samoc

Politechnika Wrocławska

Christian Müller

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

RSC Advances

20462069 (eISSN)

Vol. 5 61 49363-49368

Ämneskategorier

Fysikalisk kemi

DOI

10.1039/c5ra08302h

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