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Dynamics of the energy transfer involved in a diarylethene-perylenebisimide dyad: comparison between the molecule and the nanoparticle level

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Photochromic materials are widely used to achieve fluorescence photoswitching. Understanding the energy transfer processes occurring in these systems would be an advantage for their use and better optimization of their properties. In this scope, we studied a diarylethene-perylenebisimide (DAE-PBI) dyad that presents a bright red emission and a large ON–OFF contrast, both in solution and in an aqueous suspension of nanoparticles (NPs). Using ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy, the excited state dynamics was characterized for this dyad in THF solution and compared to its behavior in NPs state. An efficient energy transfer process between the PBI fluorophore and the DAE photochromic unit in its closed form was demonstrated, occurring in a few hundreds of femtoseconds.

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Funding from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-17-CE07-0056-01) is acknowledged. CNRS is acknowledged for supporting partially this work through the Nanosynergetics IRP. Chevreul Institute (FR 2638), Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation, Hauts-de-France Region and FEDER are acknowledged for supporting and funding partially this work through access to the time-resolved platform.

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  1. Université Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, PPSM, 91190, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France

    Nicolas Fabre, Arnaud Brosseau & Rémi Métivier

  2. Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan

    Tuyoshi Fukaminato

  3. Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8516, LASIRE, LAboratoire de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions, la Réactivité et l’Environnement, 59 000, Lille, France

    Michel Sliwa

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Fabre, N., Fukaminato, T., Brosseau, A. et al. Dynamics of the energy transfer involved in a diarylethene-perylenebisimide dyad: comparison between the molecule and the nanoparticle level. Photochem Photobiol Sci 22, 1673–1681 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-023-00405-5

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