Pyrene monomer-excimer dynamics to reveal molecular organization in mesoporous hybrid silica films.

Autor: Kusz J; École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France. cedric.boissiere@upmc.fr., Boissiere C; Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Collège de France, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), UMR 7574, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France. stephane.parola@ens-lyon.fr., Bretonnière Y; École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France. cedric.boissiere@upmc.fr., Sanchez C; Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Collège de France, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), UMR 7574, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France. stephane.parola@ens-lyon.fr., Parola S; École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France. cedric.boissiere@upmc.fr.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nanoscale [Nanoscale] 2024 Oct 17; Vol. 16 (40), pp. 18918-18932. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 17.
DOI: 10.1039/d4nr02987a
Abstrakt: Self-assembly and characteristics of hybrid mesoporous silica film templates remain a subject of inquiry. The short time scale of the inorganic condensation and formation of micelles makes our understanding of this process insufficient. To provide an insight into the evaporation-induced self-assembly of such films, we synthesized an efficient molecular probe of the triethoxysilane precursor bearing a pyrene derivative. The probe was introduced into the porous film at the synthesis stage through the sol-gel co-condensation method. At different synthesis stages, the emission of pyrene moieties was measured by fluorescence spectroscopy, revealing the placement of probes within the film. We also report dynamic excimer formation upon template removal. Moreover, we evaluate the influence of several parameters on the pyrene excimer formation phenomenon. The pore geometry, probe concentration, and the presence of another organosilane precursor are investigated in this work.
Databáze: MEDLINE