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Region dependent ultrafast FRET in an ionic liquid-P123 gel: A femtosecond study
A.K. Mandai, A.K. Das, , K. Bhattacharyya
Published in Indian Chemical Society
2011
Volume: 88
   
Issue: 12
Pages: 1917 - 1925
Abstract
Ultrafast forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in a RTIL-P123 gel is studied by femtosecond up-conversion technique. The mixed gel consists of a tri-block copolymer, (PEO)20-(PPO)70-(PEO)20 and a room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) (1-pentyl-3-methyl-imidazolium bromide, [pmim][Br]). The acceptor rhodamine 6G (R6G) being ionic, stays in the peripheral corona region of the micellar aggregates of the gel. We use two donor dyes of different hydrophobicity. The hydrophobic neutral donor coumarin 153 (C153) resides in the core while the hydrophilic ionic donor coumarin 343 (C343) is located in the corona. As a result donor-acceptor distances are different for the two donors. Thus by varying the donor one can study region dependent FRET processes in the RTIL-P123 gel.
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JournalJournal of the Indian Chemical Society
PublisherIndian Chemical Society
ISSN00194522