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- Title
Delineating the effect of substituent and π-bridge flip on the photophysical properties of pyrene derivatives: answers from DFT/TD-DFT calculations.
- Authors
Panneerselvam, Murugesan; Kathiravan, Arunkumar; Johnee Britto, Neethinathan; Krishnan, Shanmugam Murali; Velmurugan, Gunasekaran; Jaccob, Madhavan
- Abstract
Pyrene-based Schiff base derivatives have attracted enormous potential as fluorescent probe for multifarious research applications due to their fashionable photophysical properties. In the present work, pyrene-based Schiff base derivatives of 4-[(pyren-1-ylmethylene)amino]phenol (PAP1-12) were computationally designed with hydroxyl (–OH) substitution at different positions on phenyl rings and have been studied using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) methods. All the designed molecules were found to possess a coplanar geometry. PAP1-6 molecules with the phenol moiety substituted on the nitrogen atom of the C=N π-bridge were found to possess relatively small dipole moment values than PAP7-12 with phenol moiety substituted on the carbon atom of the C=N bridge that is flipped. Frontier molecular orbital (FMO) analysis divulged that HOMO to LUMO transition in PAP1-6 molecules is of π → π* character signifying that these molecules are potential aggregation-induced emission (AIE) molecules while PAP7-12 showed ICT character in correspondence with the order witnessed in dipole moment values. With regard to the HOMO–LUMO energy gap, PAP4 was estimated to show relatively small value than other molecules and as a result it exhibited the largest absorption maxima of 425 nm and large first hyperpolarizability value of 40 × 10–30 esu. On the other hand, PAP6 molecule possessed relatively larger emission λmax value of around 500 nm. In essence, the present work demonstrates that change in the substituents on the PAP derivatives and the flipping of C=N π-bridge rendered PAP1-6 suitable for AIE application and PAP7-12 for ICT application. This substituent dependency and effect of π-bridge flipping could be capitalized upon for future development of similar organic dyes for diverse applications.
- Subjects
PYRENE derivatives; FRONTIER orbitals; SCHIFF base derivatives; ORGANIC dyes; DENSITY functional theory; DIPOLE moments; PHENOL derivatives
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science, 2022, Vol 57, Issue 23, p10724
- ISSN
0022-2461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10853-022-07095-x