Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2011,7, 1722–1731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.202
Sexithiophenes 1a and 1b, in which a 4-(dimethylamino)phenyl unit is incorporated as an end-capping group, were synthesised and characterised by cyclic voltammetry, absorption spectroscopy and UV–vis spectroelectrochemistry. Additionally, their ability to function as effective luminescence quenchers for quantum
dot emission was studied by photoluminescence spectroscopy and compared with the performance of alkyl end-capped sexithiophenes 2a and 2b.
Keywords: electrochemistry; luminescence quenching; quantum dots; sexithiophenes; synthesis; Introduction
Structurally well-defined oligothiophenes as functional
, with retention of the photoluminescence behaviour of the quantum dot [24]. Herein, we present a comparative study on the photophysical properties of sexithiophenes 1 or 2 in varying concentrations, in the presence of a fixed concentration of CdSe(ZnS) core/shell quantum dots. Our choice of compounds
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Figure 1:
Dimethylaminophenylene end-capped sexithiophenes 1a and 1b, and dialkyl end-capped sexithiophenes 2a...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2010,6, 1180–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.135
different lengths of the oligomeric thiophene units (quaterthiophenes and sexithiophenes) was synthesized. The thiophene and phenazine units act as electron donors and acceptors, respectively, resulting in characteristic absorption spectra. The optical spectra were calculated using time-dependent density
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Scheme 1:
Synthesis of 4. a) 1) EtLi, Et2O, −78 °C, 1 h; 2) (COOMe)2, Et2O, −78 °C, 2 h, 33%; b) FeCl3, MeNO2...