Covalent functionalization of graphene oxide (GO) with boron dipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) was achieved through a facile synthesis, affording two different GO-BODIPY conjugates where the main difference lies in the nature of the spacer and the type of bonds between the two components. The use of a long but flexible spacer afforded strong electronic GO-BODIPY interactions in the ground state. This drastically altered the light absorption of the BODIPY structure and impeded its selective excitation. In contrast, the utilisation of a short, but rigid spacer based on boronic esters resulted in a perpendicular geometry of the phenyl boronic acid BODIPY (PBA-BODIPY) with respect to the GO plane, which enables only minor electronic GO-BODIPY interactions in the ground state. In this case, selective excitation of PBA-BODIPY was easily achieved, allowing to investigate the excited state interactions. A quantitative ultrafast energy transfer from PBA-BODIPY to GO was observed. Furthermore, due to the reversible dynamic nature of the covalent GO-PBA-BODIPY linkage, some PBA-BODIPY is free in solution and, hence, not quenched from GO. This resulted in a weak, but detectable fluorescence from the PBA-BODIPY that will allow to exploit GO-PBA-BODIPY for slow release and imaging purposes.

Graphene Oxide-BODIPY Conjugates as Highly Fluorescent Materials / Reina, Giacomo; Beneventi, Giovanni Mariano; Kaur, Ramandeep; Biagiotti, Giacomo; Cadranel, Alejandro; Ménard-Moyon, Cécilia; Nishina, Yuta; Richichi, Barbara; Guldi, Dirk M; Bianco, Alberto. - In: CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1521-3765. - ELETTRONICO. - (2023), pp. e202300266.2-e202300266.10. [10.1002/chem.202300266]

Graphene Oxide-BODIPY Conjugates as Highly Fluorescent Materials

Biagiotti, Giacomo;Richichi, Barbara
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2023

Abstract

Covalent functionalization of graphene oxide (GO) with boron dipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) was achieved through a facile synthesis, affording two different GO-BODIPY conjugates where the main difference lies in the nature of the spacer and the type of bonds between the two components. The use of a long but flexible spacer afforded strong electronic GO-BODIPY interactions in the ground state. This drastically altered the light absorption of the BODIPY structure and impeded its selective excitation. In contrast, the utilisation of a short, but rigid spacer based on boronic esters resulted in a perpendicular geometry of the phenyl boronic acid BODIPY (PBA-BODIPY) with respect to the GO plane, which enables only minor electronic GO-BODIPY interactions in the ground state. In this case, selective excitation of PBA-BODIPY was easily achieved, allowing to investigate the excited state interactions. A quantitative ultrafast energy transfer from PBA-BODIPY to GO was observed. Furthermore, due to the reversible dynamic nature of the covalent GO-PBA-BODIPY linkage, some PBA-BODIPY is free in solution and, hence, not quenched from GO. This resulted in a weak, but detectable fluorescence from the PBA-BODIPY that will allow to exploit GO-PBA-BODIPY for slow release and imaging purposes.
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Reina, Giacomo; Beneventi, Giovanni Mariano; Kaur, Ramandeep; Biagiotti, Giacomo; Cadranel, Alejandro; Ménard-Moyon, Cécilia; Nishina, Yuta; Richichi,...espandi
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