A general approach for all-visible-light switching of diarylethenes through triplet sensitization using semiconducting nanocrystals
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2022

Coupling semiconducting nanocrystals (NCs) with organic molecules provides an efficient route to generate and transfer triplet excitons. These excitons can be used to power photochemical transformations such as photoisomerization reactions using low energy radiation. Thus, it is desirable to develop a general approach that can efficiently be used to control photoswitches using all-visible-light aiming at future applications in life- and materials sciences. Here, we demonstrate a simple 'cocktail' strategy that can achieve all-visible-light switchable diarylethenes (DAEs) through triplet energy transfer from the hybrid of CdS NCs and phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid, with high photoisomerization efficiency and improved fatigue resistance. The size-tunable excitation energies of CdS NCs make it possible to precisely match the clear spectral window of the relevant DAE photoswitch. We demonstrate reversible all-visible-light photoisomerization of a series of DAE derivatives both in the liquid and solid state, even in the presence of oxygen. Our general strategy is promising for fabrication of all-visible-light activated optoelectronic devices as well as memories, and should in principle be adaptable to photopharmacology.

Författare

Lili Hou

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Kemi och biokemi

Wera Larsson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Kemi och biokemi

Stefan Hecht

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

RWTH Aachen University

Joakim Andreasson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Kemi och biokemi

Bo Albinsson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Kemi och biokemi

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

20507526 (ISSN) 20507534 (eISSN)

Vol. 10 42 15833-15842

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Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

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Annan kemi

DOI

10.1039/d2tc03582k

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