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Enhanced Room-Temperature Photoluminescence Quantum Yield in Morphology Controlled J-Aggregates.


ABSTRACT: Supramolecular assemblies from organic dyes forming J-aggregates are known to exhibit narrowband photoluminescence with full-width at half maximum of ?9 nm (260 cm-1). Applications of these high color purity emitters, however, are hampered by the rather low photoluminescence quantum yields reported for cyanine J-aggregates, even when formed in solution. Here, it is demonstrated that cyanine J-aggregates can reach an order of magnitude higher photoluminescence quantum yield (increase from 5% to 60%) in blend solutions of water and alkylamines at room temperature. By means of time-resolved photoluminescence studies, an increase in the exciton lifetime as a result of the suppression of non-radiative processes is shown. Small-angle neutron scattering studies suggest a necessary condition for the formation of such highly emissive J-aggregates: the presence of a sharp water/amine interface for J-aggregate assembly and the coexistence of nanoscale-sized water and amine domains to restrict the J-aggregate size and solubilize monomers, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Anantharaman SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887577 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enhanced Room-Temperature Photoluminescence Quantum Yield in Morphology Controlled J-Aggregates.

Anantharaman Surendra B SB   Kohlbrecher Joachim J   Rainò Gabriele G   Yakunin Sergii S   Stöferle Thilo T   Patel Jay J   Kovalenko Maksym M   Mahrt Rainer F RF   Nüesch Frank A FA   Heier Jakob J  

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20210104 4


Supramolecular assemblies from organic dyes forming J-aggregates are known to exhibit narrowband photoluminescence with full-width at half maximum of ≈9 nm (260 cm<sup>-1</sup>). Applications of these high color purity emitters, however, are hampered by the rather low photoluminescence quantum yields reported for cyanine J-aggregates, even when formed in solution. Here, it is demonstrated that cyanine J-aggregates can reach an order of magnitude higher photoluminescence quantum yield (increase f  ...[more]

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