Terpyridine-based donor–acceptor metallo-supramolecular polymers with tunable band gaps: Synthesis and characterization

Autor: Zhiwei Hu, Jiawei Hu, Lin Liu, Jie Li, Xuegang Chen, Hongbing Qiao, Fanchao Li
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Dyes and Pigments. 132:142-150
ISSN: 0143-7208
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.04.031
Popis: Three new building blocks containing the electron-donor fused-ring motifs carbazole, dithienosilole (DTS) and dithienopyrrole (DTP) and the 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine electron-acceptor motif were designed and synthesized. Directed by transition metal ions, the self-assembly of the building blocks triggered polymerization to form the corresponding metallo-supramolecular polymers PCzTPY , PSiTPY and PNTPY , respectively. The UV–vis absorption maxima of the building blocks occur at long wavelengths (351, 368 and 430 nm for CzTPY , SiTPY and NTPY , respectively), which arises from intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) transitions. However, the absorption maxima of their corresponding metallo-supramolecular polymers are clearly red-shifted (to 394, 431 and 509 nm for PCzTPY , PSiTPY and PNTPY , respectively), which is caused by the incorporation of the transition metal ion into the backbones of the target polymers. Based on the above strategies, the resulting metallo-polymers exhibit reduced energy gaps, which are 2.07, 1.97 and 1.56 eV for the PCzTPY , PSiTPY and PNTPY metallo-supramolecular polymers, respectively.
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