Charge transfer mediated triplet excited state formation in donor-acceptor-donor BODIPY: Application for recording of holographic structures in photopolymerizable glass

Tatsiana Mikulchyk, Safakath Karuthedath, Catherine S.P. De Castro, Andrey A. Buglak, Aimee Sheehan, Aaron Wieder, Frédéric Laquai, Izabela Naydenova, Mikhail A. Filatov*

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Abstract

Donor-acceptor-donor BODIPY triads bearing anthracene or pyrene as electron donating subunits were prepared through a stepwise synthesis. Photoinduced electron transfer and formation of long-lived triplet excited states via spin-orbit charge transfer intersystem crossing (SOCT-ISC) was studied by steady-state and ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy and further supported by DFT computations. New BODIPYs were found to form triplet states and sensitize singlet oxygen in both polar and non-polar solvents which is unusual for photosensitizers operating via SOCT-ISC. BODIPY-anthracene triad (ABA) was used as a photosensitizer component in a photopolymerizable glass that was prepared by a four-step sol-gel process. ABA in combination with N-phenylglycin (NPG) showed the ability to initiate a free-radical polymerization of methacrylate monomers under 532 nm irradiation thus allowing for holographic recording of diffractive structures. High diffraction efficiency (up to 87%) obtained for ABA-NPG containing glass as compared to a reference diiodo-BODIPY (I2BDP) demonstrates for the first time that heavy-atom-free SOCT-ISC photosensitizers can efficiently operate in the solid state.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11588-11597
Number of pages10
JournalJOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C
Volume10
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 18 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
M. A. F. acknowledges TU Dublin Research Scholarship programme for the financial support of this work, Dr Alla Lemeune (ENS de Lyon) for HRMS measurements and Fred Odunjo (CREST, TU Dublin) for EDX measurements. A. A. B. acknowledges the Strategic Academic Leadership Programme “Priority 2030” of the Kazan Federal University. This publication is based on work supported by the KAUST Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under award no. OSR-CRG2018-3746 and OSR-CRG2019-4025. C. S. P. D. C. would like to acknowledge Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz for help getting started with the modified microscope used for TRPL measurements.

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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