Nonionic
surfactant modulated aggregation induced emission enhancement
(AIEE) of Dimethyl-2,5-bis(4-(methoxyphenyl)amino)terephthalate (DBMPT)
has been investigated. DBMPT exhibits unidirectional aggregated growth
with nonionic triton X-100 (TX-100) to produce highly luminescent
nanorods, the dimensions and emission intensities of which are controlled
by concentration of DBMPT. Energy transfer from perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic
acid dianhydride (PTAD) to these nanorods in aqueous medium produces
pure white light emission with the CIE chromaticity coordinates (0.33,
0.36) and a significantly high quantum yield of 35%. Gelation of the
system with agarose yields a bright white light emitting gel. Both
these factors demonstrate an excellent potential for application of
this system in light harvesting and as an advanced material for organic
electronic devices.
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