Abstract
Temporally and spectrally resolved confocal microscopy has been used to explore the behavior of pyronine intercalated zeolite L crystals at different loadings. The low pyronine loading of 0.6% exhibits photophysical behavior similar to that of the free molecule in solution, indicating molecules are isolated from each other in the crystal channels. The higher loading of 20% results in a dye gradient along the channel axis, and the presence of an additional red-shifted spectroscopic transition, with shorter lifetimes. The new band is assigned to an inline arrangement of the molecules undergoing a J-aggregate-type coupling, a process so far not observed in subnanometer channels.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 10970-6 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue number | 33 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Aug 2008 |
Keywords
- Cations
- Coloring Agents
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Structure
- Nanoparticles
- Particle Size
- Pyronine
- Time Factors
- Zeolites
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't