Flourescent liquid pyrene derivative-in-water mircoemulsions

Hollamby, M; Danks, AE; Schnepp, Z; Rogers, SE; Hart, S; Nakanishi, T.

Abstract

A fluorescent liquid pyrene derivative with a high fluorescence quantum yield (65%) in the bulk state is reported. With this as the sole oil phase, stable luminescent oil-in-water microemulsions have been prepared. Increasing the loading of liquid pyrene swells the droplets, as detected by small-angle neutron scattering. These larger droplets have a greater proportion of pyrene excimer emission contribution in their photoluminescence spectra, which leads to a red shift in the chromaticity of the emission.

Citation

Hollamby, M., Danks, A., Schnepp, Z., Rogers, S., Hart, S., & Nakanishi, T. (2016). Flourescent liquid pyrene derivative-in-water mircoemulsions. Chemical Communications, 52(46), 7344-7347. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01517D

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 13, 2016
• Publication Date: May 13, 2016
• Journal: Chemical Communications
• Print ISSN: 1359-7345
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 46
• Pages: 7344-7347
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01517D
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01517D