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Multifunctional organic dyes: anion-sensing and light-harvesting properties of curcumin boron complexes†

Masahiro Tsuchikawa,a   Aya Takao,a   Takashi Funaki,b   Hideki Sugiharab  and  Katsuhiko Ono ORCID logo *a  

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a Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
E-mail: ono.katsuhiko@nitech.ac.jp

b National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan

Abstract

Organoboron compounds containing curcumin (i.e. natural phenols) were synthesised as a new type of multifunctional organic dye. These compounds behaved as sensing indicators for pH and anions in mineral waters while exhibiting sensitiser ability in dye-sensitised solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Multifunctional organic dyes: anion-sensing and light-harvesting properties of curcumin boron complexes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA06778J
Article type
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Submitted
18 Jun 2017
Accepted
15 Jul 2017
First published
24 Jul 2017
This article is Open Access
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RSC Adv., 2017,7, 36612-36616

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Multifunctional organic dyes: anion-sensing and light-harvesting properties of curcumin boron complexes

M. Tsuchikawa, A. Takao, T. Funaki, H. Sugihara and K. Ono, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 36612 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA06778J

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