Pyrene Phospholipid in Monolayer AssembliesPhotoinduced Electron Transfer Investigated by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Emission

Background: Understanding the interaction between different organic dyes and carbon quantum dots helps us to understand several photo physical processes like electron transfer, energy transfer, molecular sensing, drug delivery and dye degradation processes etc. Objective: The primary objective of this study is to whether the carbon quantum dots can act as an electron donor and can participate in the different photo physical processes. Methods: In this work, Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDLs) are synthesized in most economical and simple carbonization method where petals of Nelumbo nucifera L. are used as a carbon precursor. The synthesized CQDLs were characterized by using experimental techniques like UV−Vis absorption, FT-IR, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), steadystate and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Results: The spectral analysis shows that the so synthesized CQDLs are spherical in shape and its diameter is around 4.2 nm. It shows the fluorescence emission maximum at 495 nm with a quantum yield of 4%. In this work the interaction between Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDLs) and an organic dye Malachite Green (MG) is studied using fluorescence spectroscopic technique under ambient pH condition (At pH 7). The quenching mechanism of CQDLs with MG was investigated using Stern-Volmer equation and time-resolved fluorescence lifetime studies. The results show that the dominant process of fluorescence quenching is attributed to Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) having a donor acceptor distance of 53 Å where CQDLs act as a donor and MG acts as an acceptor. Conclusion: This work has a consequence that CQDLs can be used as a donor species for different photo physical processes such as photovoltaic cell, dye sensitized solar cell, and also for antioxidant activity study.

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Effect of the Substitution Position on the Electronic and Solvatochromic Properties of Isocyanoaminonaphthalene (ICAN) Fluorophores

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules24132434 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (13) ◽

pp. 2434 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sándor Lajos Kovács ◽

Miklós Nagy ◽

Péter Pál Fehér ◽

Miklós Zsuga ◽

Sándor Kéki

Keyword(s):

Radiative Decay ◽

Fluorescence Emission ◽

Solvent Polarity ◽

Decay Rates ◽

Quantum Yields ◽

Time Resolved Fluorescence ◽

Solvatochromic Shift ◽

Fluorescence Emission Spectra ◽

Time Resolved ◽

Donor And Acceptor

The properties of 1,4-isocyanoaminonaphthalene (1,4-ICAN) and 2,6-isocyanoaminonaphthalene (2,6-ICAN) isomers are discussed in comparison with those of 1,5-isocyanoaminonaphthalene (1,5-ICAN), which exhibits a large positive solvatochromic shift similar to that of Prodan. In these isocyanoaminonaphthalene derivatives, the isocyano and the amine group serve as the donor and acceptor moieties, respectively. It was found that the positions of the donor and the acceptor groups in these naphthalene derivatives greatly influence the Stokes and solvatochromic shifts, which decrease in the following order: 1,5-ICAN > 2,6-ICAN > 1,4-ICAN. According to high-level quantum chemical calculations, this order is well correlated with the charge transfer character of these compounds upon excitation. Furthermore, unlike 1,5-ICAN, the 1,4-ICAN and 2,6-ICAN isomers showed relatively high quantum yields in water, that were determined to be 0.62 and 0.21, respectively. In addition, time-resolved fluorescence experiments revealed that both the radiative and non-radiative decay rates for these three ICAN isomers varied unusually with the solvent polarity parameter ET(30). The explanations of the influence of the solvent polarity on the resulting steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence emission spectra are also discussed.

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Electrolyte-Concentration and Ion-Size Dependence of Excited-State Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Reaction in (Alkylamino)benzonitriles: Time-Resolved Fluorescence Emission Studies

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ◽

10.1021/jp075825a ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 111 (45) ◽

pp. 11524-11530 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Tuhin Pradhan ◽

Ranjit Biswas

Keyword(s):

Size Dependence ◽

Transfer Reaction ◽

Electrolyte Concentration ◽

Intramolecular Charge Transfer ◽

Fluorescence Emission ◽

Charge Transfer Reaction ◽

Time Resolved Fluorescence ◽

Time Resolved ◽

Ion Size ◽

Emission Studies

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Intrinsic fluorescence as a probe of structure-function relationships in Ca2+-transport ATPases

Bioscience Reports ◽

10.1007/bf01206199 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 87-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sérgio T. Ferreira ◽

Tatiana Coelho-Sampaio

Keyword(s):

Structure Function ◽

Conformational Changes ◽

Fluorescence Emission ◽

Intrinsic Fluorescence ◽

Future Prospects ◽

Time Resolved Fluorescence ◽

Time Resolved ◽

Fluorescence Measurements ◽

Transport Atpases ◽

Functional States

Applications of intrinsic fluorescence measurements in the study of Ca2+-transport ATPases are reviewed. Since the initial reports showing that the fluorescence emission was sensitive to Ca2+ binding, a substantial amount of work has focused on the use of both steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy to investigate structure-function relationships in sarcoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPases. These studies have revealed ligand-induced conformational changes, as well as provided information on protein-protein, protein-solvent and/or protein-lipid interactions in different functional states of these proteins. The main results of these studies, as well as possible future prospects are discussed.

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Spectroscopic and time-resolved fluorescence emission properties of a cationic and an anionic porphyrin in biomimetic media and Candida albicans cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry ◽

10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.06.024 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 246 ◽

pp. 67-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Mercedes Novaira ◽

M. Paula Cormick ◽

Edgardo N. Durantini

Keyword(s):

Candida Albicans ◽

Fluorescence Emission ◽

Time Resolved Fluorescence ◽

Time Resolved ◽

Emission Properties

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Synthesis, Photophysics, and Solvatochromic Studies of an Aggregated-Induced-Emission Luminogen Useful in Bioimaging

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s19224932 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (22) ◽

pp. 4932 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Laura Espinar-Barranco ◽

Marta Meazza ◽

Azahara Linares-Perez ◽

Ramon Rios ◽

Jose Manuel Paredes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fluorescence Lifetime ◽

Fluorescence Emission ◽

Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽

Selective Isolation ◽

Time Resolved Fluorescence ◽

Time Resolved ◽

Lifetime Imaging ◽

Intracellular Compartments ◽

Photophysical Behavior ◽

Heterogeneous Matrix

Biological samples are a complex and heterogeneous matrix where different macromolecules with different physicochemical parameters cohabit in reduced spaces. The introduction of fluorophores into these samples, such as in the interior of cells, can produce changes in the fluorescence emission properties of these dyes, caused by the specific physicochemical properties of cells. This effect can be especially intense with solvatofluorochromic dyes, where changes in the polarity environment surrounding the dye can drastically change the fluorescence emission. In this article, we studied the photophysical behavior of a new dye and confirmed the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) phenomenon with different approaches, such as by using different solvent proportions, increasing the viscosity, forming micelles, and adding bovine serum albumin (BSA), through analysis of the absorption and steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence. Our results show the preferences of the dye for nonpolar media, exhibiting AIE under specific conditions through immobilization. Additionally, this approach offers the possibility of easily determining the critical micelle concentration (CMC). Finally, we studied the rate of spontaneous incorporation of the dye into cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging and observed the intracellular pattern produced by the AIE. Interestingly, different intracellular compartments present strong differences in fluorescence intensity and fluorescence lifetime. We used this difference to isolate different intracellular regions to selectively study these regions. Interestingly, the fluorescence lifetime shows a strong difference in different intracellular compartments, facilitating selective isolation for a detailed study of specific organelles.

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