Controlling Two-Photon Action Cross Section by Changing a Single Heteroatom Position in Fluorescent Dyes

The optimization of nonlinear optical properties for “real-life” applications remains a key challenge for both experimental and theoretical approaches. In particular, for two-photon processes, maximizing the two-photon action cross section (TPACS), the figure of merit for two-photon bioimaging spect...

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Autores: Ośmiałowski, Borys, Petrusevich, Elizaveta F., Antoniak, Magda A., Grela, Izabela, Bin Jassar, Mohammed A., Nyk, Marcin, Luis Luis, Josep Maria, Jędrzejewska, Beata, Zaleśny, Robert, Jacquemin, Denis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/18454
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/18454
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fotons
Photons
Fisicoquímica
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
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Sumario:The optimization of nonlinear optical properties for “real-life” applications remains a key challenge for both experimental and theoretical approaches. In particular, for two-photon processes, maximizing the two-photon action cross section (TPACS), the figure of merit for two-photon bioimaging spectroscopy, requires simultaneously controlling all its components. In the present Letter, a series of difluoroborates presenting various heterocyclic rings as an electron acceptor have been synthesized and their absorption, fluorescence, photoisomerization, and two-photon absorption features have been analyzed using both experimental and theoretical approaches. Our results demonstrate that the TPACS values can be fine-tuned by changing the position of a single heteroatom, which alters the fluorescence quantum yields without changing the intrinsic two-photon absorption cross section. This approach offers a new strategy for optimizing TPACS