<p>Phosphorescent metal complexes can be incorporated into amyloid-like fibrils, and these fibrils can be decorated with conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs). In this study, <em>fac</em>-tris[2-phenylpyridinato-<em>C</em><sup>2</sup>,N]irdium(III) complexes [Ir(piq)<sub>3</sub>] were used as the phosphorescence emitter and Sodium-poly(3-thiophene acetic acid) (PTAA-Na) compounds were used as CPEs. Herein we study the energy transfer processes between the iridium complexes and the CPEs. To investigate these mechanisms, the analysis of the emission quenching and time-resolved measurements were done. Our measurements show that energy can be transfered from singlet state of PTAA to the singlet state of Ir(piq)<sub>3</sub>. Moreover, incorporation of iridium into amyloid fibrils decreases the importance of energy transfer by the Dexter mechanism. Finally we propose a geometry of interaction to explain the obtained results.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:liu-58567 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Thinprakong, Chorpure |
| Publisher | Linköping University, Linköping University, Linköping University |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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