White-light emitting microtubes of mixed organic charge-transfer complexes

Adv Mater. 2012 Oct 9;24(39):5345-51. doi: 10.1002/adma.201201493. Epub 2012 Jul 26.

Abstract

Self-assembled microtubes of mixed charge-transfer (CT) complexes comprising TCNB and naphthalene can be constructed with pyrene as dopant by an etching-assisted CT-induced interaction. Highly efficient Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from the excited naphthalene-TCNB to pyrene-TCNB molecules is obtained in mixed CT complex microtubes. White-light emissive CT complex microtubes can be formed by adjusting the dopant concentration and serve as an active optical waveguide.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Color
  • Electrical Equipment and Supplies*
  • Electron Transport
  • Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / chemistry*
  • Light*
  • Microtechnology / methods*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Solvents / chemistry

Substances

  • Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
  • Solvents