Synthesis and Enhanced Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Chromophore-Au Metal Cluster Oligomers

被引:25
作者
Ho-Wu, Rosina [1 ]
Sun, Kai [2 ,3 ]
Goodson, Theodore, III [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Chem, 930 North Univ Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Michigan Ctr Mat Characterizat, 2800 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, 2800 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
关键词
TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; GOLD CLUSTERS; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; BUILDING-BLOCKS; 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION; LIGAND-EXCHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; ULTRAFAST; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES;
D O I
10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11480
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Using nanoclusters as building blocks for supra-crystals can offer unique optical and electronic properties of metal nanoclusters for designing new materials. The advantage of building nanocluster crystals through molecular linkers is that the linker can be used as a functional group for the nanoclusters (e.g., dye-nanocluster systems). In this study, we employed the ligand exchange reaction to synthesize chromophore-Au-25 nanoclusters nanocluster oligomers and investigated their linear and nonlinear optical properties. The chromophore-Au-25 nanocluster oligomers product mixture was separated into four bands by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry and scanning transmission electron microscopy imaging. The linear optical properties of the systems were investigated by steady state UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The chromophore-Au-25 nanocluster oligomers showed increased oscillator strength and transition dipole moment compared to single Au-25 nanoclusters. Energy transfer from the chromophore 4,4'-thiodibenzenethiol (TBT) to the metal cluster was observed in the chromophore-Au-25 nanocluster dimer system. The excited state and fluorescence dynamics were investigated by transient absorption spectroscopy, time-resolved fluorescence upconversion, and time-correlated single photon counting. The chromophore-Au-25 nanocluster oligomers have a long-lived surface state due to the contribution of energy transfer by two nanocluster cores. The two-photon absorption cross sections of the chromophore-Au-25 nanocluster oligomers showed an increasing enhancement trend with increasing oligomer length. An enhancement factor of up to 68 times was found compared to single Au-25 nanoclusters. Finally, we performed a structure-property correlation analysis to explain the observed optical properties of these systems.
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页码:2315 / 2329
页数:15
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