• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.1727-1731
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• 2014

Dichloromethane liquid droplets containing a cobalt dipyrromethene trimer deposited on a graphite surface were found to form coffee ring, toroid ring, or volcano dot structures due to the redistribution of the solute during solvent evaporation. The shapes and size distributions of the ring structures depended on the drying temperature. The shape differences were attributed to the fact that the solvent evaporation rate controlled the self-assembly process that yielded the coffee stain and pinhole structures.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.1004-1013
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• 2010

Three-dimensional superstructures of unique self-assemblies generated by exploring the conformational flexibility of various dipyrromethenes through creation of hydrogen-bonds with metal-halide anions are reported and the conformational diversity is thoroughly described in the solid and solution states by X-ray diffraction analysis and variable temperature NMR spectroscopy. The tetrahedral or octahedral structures of their precursors, various metal-dipyrromethene complexes, are also reported, based on the crystallographic data. STM images of the self-assemblies observed on graphite surfaces present interesting arrangements and appear as tubular bunches.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.375-380
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• 2008

Dipyrromethene 유도체 분자 중 하나인 삼각형 모양의 Co-DPM 거대분자 (Co-DPM-trimer, Fig. 1)를 이용하여 흑연 표면에서 다양한 저차원 분자 나노구조를 형성할 수 있었으며, 이를 주사 터널링 현미경(scanning tunneling microscope)으로 관찰하였다. Co-DPM-trimer 분자를 $CH_2Cl_2$ 용매에 녹여 흑연 표면에 뿌리면, 용매가 증발되며 그 동안 표면에 분자 나노구조가 형성된다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 두께의 긴 1차원 분자선과 2차원 구조인 육각형 패턴을 관찰하였다. 1차원 분자선과 2차원 육각형 패턴의 높낮이 및 구조를 분석한 결과, 1차원 분자선의 경우 흑연 표면에 'edge-on'정렬로 연속된 $\pi-\pi$ stacking 상호작용에 의해서, 그리고 육각형 패턴 구조는 'face-on'정렬을 통해서 형성된 것으로 보인다.

• Rapid Communication in Photoscience
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2012

Luminescent lanthanide complexes have been overviewed for advanced photonics applications. Lanthanide(III) ions ($Ln^{3+}$) were encapsulated by the luminescent ligands such as metalloporphyrins, naphthalenes, anthracene, push-pull diketone derivatives and boron dipyrromethene(bodipy). The energy levels of the luminescent ligands were tailored to maintain the effective energy transfer process from luminescent ligands to $Ln^{3+}$ ions for getting a higher optical amplification gain. Also, key parameters for emission enhancement and efficient energy transfer pathways for the sensitization of $Ln^{3+}$ ions by luminescent ligands were investigated. Furthermore, to enhance the optophysical properties of novel luminescent $Ln^{3+}$ complexes, aryl ether-functionalized dendrons as photon antennas have been incorporated into luminescent $Ln^{3+}$ complexes, yielding novel $Ln^{3+}$-cored dendrimer complex such as metalloporphyrins, naphthalenes, and anthracenes bearing the Fr$\acute{e}$chet aryl-ether dendrons, namely, ($Er^{3+}-[Gn-Pt-Por]_3$ (terpy), $Er^{3+}-[Gn-Naph]_3$(terpy) and $Er^{3+}-[Gn-An]_3$(terpy)). These complexs showed much stronger near-IR emission bands at 1530 nm, originated from the 4f-4f electronic transition of the first excited state ($^4I_{13/2}$) to the ground state ($^4I_{15/2}$) of the partially filled 4f shell. A significant decrease in the fluorescence of metalloporphyrins, naphthalenes and anthracene ligand were accompanied by a strong increase in the near IR emission of the $Ln^{3+}$ ions. The near IR emission intensities of $Ln^{3+}$ ions in the lanthanide(III)-encapsulated dendrimer complexes were dramatically enhanced with increasing the generation number (n) of dendrons, due to the site-isolation and the light-harvesting(LH) effects. Furthermore, it was first attempted to distinguish between the site-isolation and the light-harvesting effects in the present complexes. In this review, synthesis and photophysical studies of inert and stable luminescent $Ln^{3+}$ complexes will be dealt for the advanced photonics applications. Also, the review will include the exploratory investigation of the key parameters for emission enhancement and the effective energy transfer pathways from luminescent ligands to $Ln^{3+}$ ions with $Ln^{3+}$-chelated prototype complexes.