The effect of ring size on the optical behavior of novel photochromic push-pull dyes.

The photophysical behaviors of newly synthesized photochromic dyes have been investigated in different solvents of various polarities using steady-state absorption and emission techniques. It was found that, the absorption and emission spectra of these dyes depend on the ring size and the solvent polarity. The higher values of the dipole moments of the investigated dyes in the excited state than those in the ground state suggest that these dyes can serve as good candidate components of nonlinear optical materials.

Spectroscopic properties and the catalytic activity of new organo-lead supramolecular coordination polymer containing quinoxaline.

The 3D-supramolecular coordination polymer (SCP) (3)∞[ Cu2(CN)3(Me3Pb)(qox)], 1, as the first example of the CuCN SCP containing the (Me3Pb) fragment, was explored to investigate its catalytic and photo-catalytic activities. The structure of 1 contains two chemically identical but crystallographically different [Cu2(CN)3⋅Me3Pb⋅qox]2 units with four Cu(I) sites assuming distorted TP-3 geometry. Two non-linear chains of equal abundance are formed producing corrugated parallel chains which are connected laterally by quinoxaline creating 2D-layers which are arranged parallel in an (AB⋯AB⋯AB)n fashion forming 3D-network.

Structure and applications of metal-organic framework based on cyanide and 3,5-dichloropyridine.

The reaction of the aqueous/acetonitrile solutions of K3[Cu(CN)4] and 3,5-dichloropyridine (3,5-dClpy), in the presence of Me3SnCl affords a new metal-organic framework (MOF), (3)∞[(CuCN)2·(3,5-dClpy)2], 1. The structure of the MOF 1 was characterized by IR, UV-visible, TGA and X-ray single crystal analysis. The structure of MOF 1 consists of CuCN building blocks which are connected by CN group forming 1D-zig-zag chains.

A novel hydrogen bonded bimetallic supramolecular coordination polymer {[SnMe3(bpe)][Ag(CN)2] · 2H2O} as anticancer drug.

The reaction of Me(3)SnCl, K(3)[Ag(CN)(4)] and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane (bpe) in water/CH(3)CN solution at room temperature affords the novel bimetallic supramolecular coordination polymer (SCP) {[SnMe(3)(bpe)] [Ag(CN)2] · 2H(2)O}(n), 1. The structure of 1 consists of cationic {-Sn(Me(3))-bpe-}(+) chains that are neutralized by [Ag(CN)(2)](-) anions. The dicyanoargentate(I) anions present discrete uncoordinated fragments between the cationic chains.

Kinetics and mechanism of the heterogeneous catalyzed oxidative decolorization of Acid-Blue 92 using bimetallic metal-organic frameworks.

The kinetics study of the oxidative decolorization of Acid-Blue 92 has been investigated by hydrogen peroxide catalyzed with bimetallic metal-organic frameworks. The used metal-organic frameworks (MOF) are [Ph3SnCu(CN)2·L] where L=pyrazine (pyz) 1, methylpyrazine (mepyz) 2, 4,4'-bipyridine (bpy) 3, trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene (tbpe) 4 or 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane (bpe) 5. The reaction was followed by conventional UV-Vis spectrophotometer at λmax=571 nm.

Fluorescence characteristics and photostability of benzoxazole derived donor-acceptor dyes in constrained media.

The spectroscopic properties and photoreactivity of 2-(4-dimethylaminostryl)benzoxazole and its butadienyl analogue (abbreviated as DMASBO and BODB, respectively) were investigated in thin films of PS, PMMA and PVA polymer matrices as well as immobilized on silica surface. The experimental results showed that the investigated benzoxazole derivatives are sensitive to the polarity of its microenvironment even in the glassy matrices and in the solid state. The micropolarity of PVA and silica surface is greater than that of PMMA and PS.

New approach for evaluation optical absorption measurements of charge transfer complexes between dimethoxynaphthalenes and tetracyanoethylene: singular value decomposition method.

Singular-value decomposition (SVD) method is a numerical multidimensional technique appropriate for evaluation of optical absorption measurements of 1:1 charge transfer complexes (CTCs). Matrix algebra of the absorption data for different solutions and wavenumbers is primarily used for evaluation of the equilibrium constant and to obtain some general expressions to illustrate physical significance of the results obtained. The influence of the ratio of the concentrations of donor and acceptor is examined.

Fluorescence decay of singlet excited-state of safranine T and its interaction with ground-state of pyridinthiones in micelles and homogeneous media.

The fluorescence decays of safranine T were studied in different homogeneous solvents and heterogeneous micellar solutions. It has been found that micellization leads to an increase in the lifetime. The lifetime distributions were studied in micelles and homogeneous media.

Supramolecular host-guest systems as frameworks for excitation energy transfer.

The antenna behavior of rhodamine 6G and methylene blue loaded novel host supramolecular frameworks is investigated. The geometrical constraints of these supramolecular hosts allows the cationic dye molecules encapsulating within the parallel channels to form novel host-guest systems. The cationic dyes are close together that self-quenching of electronic excitation energy can occur.