Toward Two-Photon Absorbing Dyes with Unusually Potentiated Nonlinear Fluorescence Response

J Am Chem Soc. 2020 Sep 2;142(35):14854-14858. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c07377. Epub 2020 Aug 21.

Abstract

The combination of two two-photon-induced processes in a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-operated photochromic fluorene-dithienylethene dyad lays the foundation for the observation of a quartic dependence of the fluorescence signal on the excitation light intensity. While this photophysical behavior is predicted for a four-photon absorbing dye, the herein proposed approach opens the way to use two-photon absorbing dyes, reaching the same performance. Hence, the spatial resolution limit, being a critical parameter for applications in fluorescence imaging or data storage with common two-photon absorbing dyes, is dramatically improved.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't