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Retention of perylene diimide optical properties in solid-state materials through tethering to nanodiamonds

Almuhana, Asia R. Y.; Langer, Philipp; Griffin, Sarah L.; Lodge, Rhys W.; Rance, Graham A.; Champness, Neil R.

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Authors

Asia R. Y. Almuhana

Philipp Langer

Sarah L. Griffin

Rhys W. Lodge

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GRAHAM RANCE Graham.Rance@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow

Neil R. Champness



Abstract

The synthesis of nanodiamond-perylene diimide composites is reported. Suitably hydroxyl-functionalised perylene diimides (PDIs) are reacted with carboxylic acid functionalised nanodiamonds (NDs) through ester formation. The ND-PDI nanocomposite materials were characterised using a variety of different techniques confirming retention of the ND cores and interestingly the dye properties of the PDIs. In particular, fluorescence measurements suggest that PDIs tethered to NDs retain the characteristics of solution-phase PDIs rather than the optical properties associated with solid-state PDIs which are typically modified due to aggregation. Our relatively simple approach provides a mechanism for maintaining the solution-phase properties of PDIs in solid-state materials.

Citation

Almuhana, A. R. Y., Langer, P., Griffin, S. L., Lodge, R. W., Rance, G. A., & Champness, N. R. (2021). Retention of perylene diimide optical properties in solid-state materials through tethering to nanodiamonds. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9(32), 10317-10323. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc02577e

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 23, 2021
Online Publication Date Jul 23, 2021
Publication Date Aug 28, 2021
Deposit Date Oct 7, 2021
Publicly Available Date Oct 7, 2021
Journal Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Print ISSN 2050-7526
Electronic ISSN 2050-7534
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 32
Pages 10317-10323
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc02577e
Keywords Materials Chemistry; General Chemistry
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6395017
Publisher URL https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/TC/D1TC02577E

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