Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Compartmentalization-induced phosphorescent emission enhancement and triplet energy transfer in aqueous medium

  • Zijian Li,
  • Yifei Han,
  • Feng Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11650-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Artificial light harvesting systems in aqueous medium are challenging to realize due to quenching effects from water and oxygen. Here the authors demonstrate rod-coil amphiphiles which act as compartmentalization agent to shield platinum(II) phosphors and enable their ordered spatial organization.