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Ultrafast responses of multi-branched compounds based on 1,3,5-triazine: investigation of the reason for enhanced two-photon absorption property

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The fluorescence and ultrafast response of several modified tri-branched compounds based on 1,3,5-triazine (T03-1, T03-2, and T03-3) were investigated to study the effects of stronger electron donor substitution or extended conjugated length on two-photon absorption/two-photon fluorescence and excited-state decay properties. After substitution with a stronger terminal electron donor, N,N-dimethylbenzenamine, the two-photon absorption cross section and fluorescence quantum yield of T03-2 were enhanced by 1.9-fold and 1.4-fold, respectively, compared with T03-1. After extending the conjugated length with thiophene groups connected to π-bridge styryl groups, a similar fluorescence quantum yield and larger two-photon absorption (2.3-fold) of T03-3 were obtained. The ultrafast response processes revealed the effects on the intramolecular charge-transfer properties. These results can also assist in the design of new molecular probes with improved two-photon absorption and two-photon fluorescence properties. Moreover, our study also indicates that these 1,3,5-triazine-based tri-branched derivatives can be employed as molecular probes for biological two-photon fluorescence imaging.

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We sincerely thank the following organizations for the financial support for this project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11404048, 11604038, 11375034), the Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (201602061, 201602062), the Program for Liaoning Educational Committee (L2015071), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (3132017060, 3132017071).

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    Yaochuan Wang, Yizhuo Wang, Guiqiu Wang & Dajun Liu

  2. Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, People’s Republic of China

    Yihua Jiang & Jianli Hua

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Wang, Y., Jiang, Y., Wang, Y. et al. Ultrafast responses of multi-branched compounds based on 1,3,5-triazine: investigation of the reason for enhanced two-photon absorption property. Appl. Phys. A 123, 516 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1134-8

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