• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 6, Issue 4, 458 (2013)
Wen-Liang GONG, Zhe HU, Chong LI, Guo-Feng ZHANG, Tao CHEN, Matthew. P. ALDRED, Zhen-Li HUANG*, and Ming-Qiang ZHU
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  • School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s12200-013-0330-1 Cite this Article
    Wen-Liang GONG, Zhe HU, Chong LI, Guo-Feng ZHANG, Tao CHEN, Matthew. P. ALDRED, Zhen-Li HUANG, Ming-Qiang ZHU. Condensed state fluorescence switching of hexaarylbiimidazole-tetraphenylethene conjugate for super-resolution fluorescence nanolocalization[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2013, 6(4): 458 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    This paper reported the synthesis of hexaarylbiimidazole-tetraphenylethene (HABI-TPE) conjugated photochromic fluorophore, which simultaneously exhibited photochromic property, condensed state enhanced emission and reversible fluorescence switching. Upon UV irradiation, a green species with a broad absorption band between 550 and 800 nm ( the absorption maximum at 697 nm ) was observed, which readily faded to colorless in the darkness. HABI-TPE launched strong fluorescence with the maximum emission wavelength at 520-580 nm under the excitation with 450-500 nm visible light in condensed state, which is in contrast to nonfluorescence in solution. The maximum emission wavelength in condensed state was dependent of excitation wavelength. More interestingly, HABI-TPE exhibited reversible fluorescence switching upon alternating irradiation with blue or near-UV light (wavelength less than 490 nm) and green light (more than 490 nm) in condensed state. Our evaluation demonstrated that HABI-TPE exhibited great photoswitchable fluorescence, which is a promising photoswitchable fluorophore for localization-based super-resolution microscopy, evidencing by resolving nanostructures with sub-100 nm resolution in polymethylmethacrylate films.
    Wen-Liang GONG, Zhe HU, Chong LI, Guo-Feng ZHANG, Tao CHEN, Matthew. P. ALDRED, Zhen-Li HUANG, Ming-Qiang ZHU. Condensed state fluorescence switching of hexaarylbiimidazole-tetraphenylethene conjugate for super-resolution fluorescence nanolocalization[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2013, 6(4): 458
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