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

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

doi:10.1039/D1TC02577E

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

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10317-10323
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume	9
Issue number	32
Early online date	23 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TC02577E
Publication status	Published - 28 Aug 2021

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The authors are grateful to Dr Olga Levinson (Ray Technologies Ltd.) for providing samples of nanodiamonds and Prof. Andrei Khlobystov for insightful discussions into nanodiamond surface functionalisation and characterisation. ARYA gratefully acknowledges the scholarship and support provided by King Faisal University (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia). NRC gratefully acknowledges the support of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S002995/1 and EP/N033906/1).

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