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Title: Efficient Förster energy transfer from phosphorescent organic molecules to J-aggregate thin films

Abstract

We demonstrate efficient Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from a thin film of phosphorescent dye, fac tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium (Ir(ppy){sub 3}), to a thin film of J-aggregated cyanine dye, 5,6-dichloro-2-[3-[5,6-dichloro-1-ethyl-3-(3-sulfopropyl)-2(3H)-benzimidazolidene]-1-propenyl]-1-ethyl-3-(3-sulfopropyl) benzimidazolium hydroxide (TDBC). The measurement is performed on a planar sandwich structure with the layer of Ir(ppy){sub 3} and the layer of J-aggregates separated by a uniform optically inert spacer layer. Quenching of Ir(ppy){sub 3} photoluminescence due to FRET of Ir(ppy){sub 3} excitons to J-aggregates enables us to calculate the experimentally-determined Förster radius of 3.8 nm, which is in good agreement with the theoretically calculated value.

Authors:
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Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Excitonics (CE)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1064758
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0001088
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Chemical Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 485; Journal Issue: 1-3; Related Information: CE partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Brookhaven National Laboratory; Harvard University; Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2614
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; solar (photovoltaic), solid state lighting, photosynthesis (natural and artificial), charge transport, optics, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing)

Citation Formats

Shirasaki, Yashiro, Anikeeva, Polina O., Tischler, Jonathan R., Bradley, M. Scott, and Bulovic, Vladimir. Efficient Förster energy transfer from phosphorescent organic molecules to J-aggregate thin films. United States: N. p., Web. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.017.
Shirasaki, Yashiro, Anikeeva, Polina O., Tischler, Jonathan R., Bradley, M. Scott, & Bulovic, Vladimir. Efficient Förster energy transfer from phosphorescent organic molecules to J-aggregate thin films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.017
Shirasaki, Yashiro, Anikeeva, Polina O., Tischler, Jonathan R., Bradley, M. Scott, and Bulovic, Vladimir. . "Efficient Förster energy transfer from phosphorescent organic molecules to J-aggregate thin films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.017.
@article{osti_1064758,
title = {Efficient Förster energy transfer from phosphorescent organic molecules to J-aggregate thin films},
author = {Shirasaki, Yashiro and Anikeeva, Polina O. and Tischler, Jonathan R. and Bradley, M. Scott and Bulovic, Vladimir},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate efficient Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from a thin film of phosphorescent dye, fac tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium (Ir(ppy){sub 3}), to a thin film of J-aggregated cyanine dye, 5,6-dichloro-2-[3-[5,6-dichloro-1-ethyl-3-(3-sulfopropyl)-2(3H)-benzimidazolidene]-1-propenyl]-1-ethyl-3-(3-sulfopropyl) benzimidazolium hydroxide (TDBC). The measurement is performed on a planar sandwich structure with the layer of Ir(ppy){sub 3} and the layer of J-aggregates separated by a uniform optically inert spacer layer. Quenching of Ir(ppy){sub 3} photoluminescence due to FRET of Ir(ppy){sub 3} excitons to J-aggregates enables us to calculate the experimentally-determined Förster radius of 3.8 nm, which is in good agreement with the theoretically calculated value.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.017},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1064758}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters},
issn = {0009-2614},
number = 1-3,
volume = 485,
place = {United States},
year = {},
month = {}
}

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