Issue 19, 2016

Folding-induced exciton coupling in homo- and heterodimers of merocyanine dyes

Abstract

Two identical or different merocyanine dyes were tethered by a rigid diphenylacetylene spacer unit that enables the folding of the two dyes into co-facially π-stacked structures in solvents of low polarity. Whilst the solvent-dependent absorption spectra of homodimers of identical dyes are easily interpreted as H-aggregates by exciton theory, the spectra of the heterodimers constitute a novel and more interesting case.

Graphical abstract: Folding-induced exciton coupling in homo- and heterodimers of merocyanine dyes

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Foldamers

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 jan 2016
Accepted
28 jan 2016
First published
28 jan 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 3777-3780

Folding-induced exciton coupling in homo- and heterodimers of merocyanine dyes

D. Bialas, E. Kirchner and F. Würthner, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 3777 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00221H

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