Modulation of a Photoswitchable Dual-Color Quantum Dot containing a Photochromic FRET Acceptor and an Internal Standard

Dı́az, Sebastián A.; Giordano, Luciana; Jovin, Thomas M.; Jares‐Erijman, Elizabeth A.

doi:10.1021/nl301093s

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“…or nanoparticles that shift the absorption and the chromic response, acting as reversible metal ion sensors. [192] Complex architectures can be designed to make possible energy transfers between photochromic dyes and other luminescent species such as Quantum Dots, [193] up-converting nanocrystals [194][195][196] or plasmonic metal nanoparticles. [197,198] One nice example is the decoration of CdSe/ZnS QDs with an amphiphilic photochromic polymer coating.…”

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Optical Properties of Hybrid Organic‐Inorganic Materials and their Applications

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Julián‐López

Carlos

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Adv Funct Materials

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Research on hybrid inorganic‐organic materials has experienced an explosive growth since the 1980s, with the expansion of soft inorganic chemistry based processes. Indeed, mild synthetic conditions, low processing temperatures provided by “chimie douce” and the versatility of the colloidal state allow for the mixing of the organic and inorganic components at the nanometer scale in virtually any ratio to produce the so called hybrid materials. Today a high degree of control over both composition and nanostructure of these hybrids can be achieved allowing tunable structure‐property relationships. This, in turn, makes it possible to tailor and fine‐tune many properties (mechanical, optical, electronic, thermal, chemical…) in very broad ranges, and to design specific multifunctional systems for applications. In particular, the field of “Hybrid‐Optics” has been very productive not only scientifically but also in terms of applications. Indeed, numerous optical devices based on hybrids are already in, or very close, to the market. This review describes most of the recent advances performed in this field. Emphasis will be given to luminescent, photochromic, NLO and plasmonic properties. As an outlook we show that the controlled coupling between plasmonics and luminescence is opening a land of opportunities in the field of “Hybrid‐Optics”.

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Optical Properties of Hybrid Organic‐Inorganic Materials and their Applications

Parola

Julián‐López

Carlos

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Adv Funct Materials

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“…The synthesized amphiphilic polymer coating for CdSe/ZnS and CdSe/CdS/ZnS QDs containing pendant diarylethenes within the hydrophobic layer provided the optimal conditions for the maximum photoconversion [92,93].…”

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Nanophotochromism

Barachevsky¹

2015

Organic Photonics and Photovoltaics

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Abstract:The review presents the state-of-the-art analysis of investigations in the field of a new line of research of photochromism -nanophotochromism. The design, properties, and possible applications of photochromic nanoparticles prepared by different methods with the use of photochromic substances (aggregates, host-guest, and polymer systems, solid nanoparticles) as well as core-shell photochromic nanostructures based on polymers, silica, quantum dots, doped upconversion nanocrystals, and Ag, Au, etc. nanoparticles have been reviewed. Keywords: photochromism; photochromic nanoparticles; core-shell photochromic nanoparticles design; photoswitching; aggregates; polymer systems, host-guest systems IntroductionPhotochromism is a very important phenomenon for different applications in photonics. The applications are based on reversible phototransformations of photochromic compounds between two states and changes of their properties that accompany these transformations At present, systems and materials containing photochromic nanopatricles have become highly significant. Among these are nanodimensional particles of photochromic substances, including aggregates, and coreshell systems. As a core, inorganic nanoparticles of gold, silver, metal oxides, quantum dots (QD), and also polymeric nanoparticles are used. The shell consists of photochromic molecules or their aggregates connected to a core surface either chemically or physically. Photochromic nanoparticles with photocontrolled fluorescence arouse a special interest because the fluorescence technique is becoming a leading strategy in biological diagnosis, imaging, and detection applications. This paper is a state-of-the-art review which presents results of studying photochromic nanoparticles including author's own data. The results of earlier research are also surveyed in some other reviews [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Photochromic nanoparticles:properties and applications Nanoparticles based on photochromic substances AggregatesThe most known photochromic nanoparticles are aggregates of photochromic organic compounds [14]. These compounds experience reversible photoinduced transformations between two states, Sch. 1A and Sch. 1B. Scheme 1The photoinduced colored merocyanine form B absorbing visible irradiation is formed from a colorless form A as a result of photodissociation of the -C-O-bond of the pyran heterocycle under UV radiation, and this is followed by spontaneous isomerization of the cis-form to the trans one. The colored form B can be converted back to the initial colorless form A upon absorption of visible light or spontaneously during the dark relaxation, which is accelerated by heating.The J-aggregates of nitro-substituted indoline spiropyrans Sch. 2 with long alkyl substituents are of special interest [15].The narrow absorption bands of J-aggregates of these photochromic compounds (Fig. 1) made it possible prepare a specimen of the multilayered optical disk providing freUnauthenticated Download

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“…15 The emission of FRET pairs can be modulated optically by depleting the ground state of the acceptor 16 or quenching its emission. 17 Here, we propose another way of modulating optically the fluorescence emission of molecules near metallic nanoparticles.…”

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Plasmonic Photothermal Fluorescence Modulation for Homogeneous Biosensing

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Fluorescence readout is uniquely powerful for biological assays and imaging because it combines the detection of specific biotargets with high spatial and temporal resolution. Recently, several strategies for the modulation in time of fluorescence emission have been proven useful to separate the target signal from constant background contributions. Here, we investigate the emission modulation of organic fluorophores located in the nanometric vicinity of plasmonically heated gold nanorods and apply it to a novel, all-optical homogeneous biosensing scheme. The combination of plasmonic heating and temperature sensitive molecular fluorescence enables the robust quantification of surface reactions.

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Modulation of a Photoswitchable Dual-Color Quantum Dot containing a Photochromic FRET Acceptor and an Internal Standard

Cited by 89 publications

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Optical Properties of Hybrid Organic‐Inorganic Materials and their Applications

Optical Properties of Hybrid Organic‐Inorganic Materials and their Applications

Nanophotochromism

Plasmonic Photothermal Fluorescence Modulation for Homogeneous Biosensing

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