Multiphoton harvesting metal–organic frameworks

Hong Sheng Quah, Weiqiang Chen, Martin K. Schreyer, Hui Yang, Ming Wah Wong, Wei Ji () and Jagadese J. Vittal ()
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Hong Sheng Quah: National University of Singapore, Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering
Weiqiang Chen: National University of Singapore
Martin K. Schreyer: Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, Jurong Island
Hui Yang: National University of Singapore
Ming Wah Wong: National University of Singapore
Wei Ji: National University of Singapore
Jagadese J. Vittal: National University of Singapore

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Multiphoton upconversion is a process where two or more photons are absorbed simultaneously to excite an electron to an excited state and, subsequently, the relaxation of electron gives rise to the emission of a photon with frequency greater than those of the absorbed photons. Materials possessing such property attracted attention due to applications in biological imaging, photodynamic therapy, three-dimensional optical data storage, frequency-upconverted lasing and optical power limiting. Here we report four-photon upconversion in metal–organic frameworks containing the ligand, trans, trans-9,10-bis(4-pyridylethenyl)anthracene. The ligand has a symmetrical acceptor–π–donor–π–acceptor structure and a singlet biradical electronic ground state, which boosted its multiphoton absorption cross-sections. We demonstrate that the upconversion efficiency can be enhanced by Förster resonance energy transfer within host–guest metal–organic frameworks consisting of encapsulated high quantum yielding guest molecules. Using these strategies, metal–organic framework materials, which can exhibit frequency-upconverted photoluminescence excited by simultaneous multiphoton absorption, can be rationally designed and synthesized.

Date: 2015
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